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Snoqualmie, WA - An 18-year-old man was injured late Monday afternoon after jumping into a river.
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Tuscon, AZ - A man sits in his car waiting to be rescued as wash water rushes around him.
"It was just complete panic, I was like what the heck are they thinking/ doing, it was crazy," David Gritis explained.
That's what some witnesses were thinking, when they saw the man's car washed away.
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... But say financial support from gov't would put food on their tables.
Kingston, Jamacia - For many years, Ille Cole, his sister, Althea and their close friends Donna Williams and Chris Vassell have been saving lives.
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St. Louis, MO. - A river training exercise turned into a real emergency for St. Louis firefighters Saturday morning. Two of those firefighters got hurt. Still, it could turn out to be a good thing, in the long run.
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Kittitas County Search and Rescue team up with Ellensburg police and fire department to practice water rescue.
ELLENSBURG, WA — Kittitas County Search and Rescue teamed up Tuesday with local fire and emergency medical services to perfect the art of swift water rescue, and even had to do an impromptu rescue themselves.
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Palatine, IL - Lt. Steve Forton of the Palatine Fire Department saved a struggling swimmer during a triathlon at Twin Lakes in Palatine on Sunday.
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Tallassee, Al. (WSFA) - We now know the name of the fisherman who died Tuesday in an accidental drowning on the Tallapoosa River.
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GA - Fulton and Gwinnett county emergency teams rescued a group of teens Tuesday night trapped on a rock in the Chattahoochee River.
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Mountain Home, AR - Divers recovered the body of a Yellville man Monday after a 12-hour search in Crooked Creek.
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Philidelphia, PA - Philadelphia marine units were to resume searching this morning for a swimmer who disappeared in the Delaware River last evening, according to police.
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Helps with communication, body searches, water rescues
Washington, NC - A statewide search-and-rescue group is moving equipment to Bath and training local members so it can be more active in this part of the state.
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