Retired NYPD officer saves despondent woman who walked into the East River carrying a baby

A retired NYPD officer is being called a hero after he pulled a mother and her 5-month-old baby from the East River. The ...

Horrified students watch as high-angle rescue instructor plummets to death in front of them, cops say

Fred Kemp spent nearly three decades with the Washington County/Johnson City EMS before falling to his death on Wednesday in ...

Chester firefighters train for swift water rescues on Delaware River, one year after creek drowning

Chester firefighters were training, but they're not battling flames. Instead, they were simulating rescues where every second ...

‘High angle’ rescue instructor falls to his death as students watch, TN cops say

A high-angle rescue class turned horrific for students when the instructor suddenly plummeted to his death near a mountain waterfall, according to investigators in the mountains of northeast Tennessee ...

Swimmer in critical condition after Oceanside Pier rescue

A person was rescued from the Pacific Ocean near the Oceanside Pier Friday night after being in distress in the water for ...

Middletown dive team activated for possible water rescue

MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) - Firefighters in Middletown said their dive team was activated for a possible water rescue. Crews were ...
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Tampa police host regional K9 water training at Adventure Island

The Tampa Police Department gathered K9 teams from across the Bay Area for a special day of water training at Adventure ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

UPDATE: Drowning victim ID'd in Valpo lake rescue effort jeopardized by rush to social media

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — Emergency responders pulled a 42-year-old Valparaiso man out of Long Lake Monday evening, but say the rush of the public to share details on social media hindered their ultimately ...