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Stories section is the place where you find Case Reports, editorials, opinions, tales and daily miracles from rescued and rescuers. Ambulance and rescue historical moments, from people who save lives every day.
Tips for surviving extreme weather conditions
US gas and electricity distributor National Grid launches Emergency Preparedness Month. An awareness campaign directed at its customers providing practical information to deal more effectively and more safely with the type of unprecedented…
Feelings and thoughts of an NYC lifeguard during a rescue
A first-person account of a beach rescue. The US edition of the Wall Street Journal tells the story of two NYC Lifeguards dealing with an unconscious male swimmer face down in the water. One of the lifeguards was only 17 years old and new…
Specialist teams at work to recover dead bodies
Rescuers know it well: by doing what we train for, we can profoundly affect the lives of people that we, in all likelihood, will never see again. Less obvious are the unseen effects that extend far into the future. Let’s find out with…
The nightlife of a US firefighter
The alarm rings at 2.30am and the firefighters at Station 39 Fire Department jump out of bed, scramble into their uniforms and dash to the truck that will carry them to the location of the emergency. For the on-call firefighters of the…
Oklahoma: storm chaser dies
45-year-old Tim Samaras, better known as "the storm chaser" died last week, swallowed by a twister that scooped him up with the power of a 260-kmh wind; the scientist was killed with his 20-year-old son and a friend, Carl Young, who were…
The world's most expensive car crash
What is considered to be the world’s most expensive car crash took place in Japan in December 2011. Well, let’s say that it was expensive in terms of the value of the vehicles involved, as nothing is dearer than the life of a…