Rescues
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High-rise fire escape device may need some adjustment. Watch the test video from Spain.
Must see video: A device to help people escape from burning high-rise buildings is demonstrated. The person did escape, but…
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Quick takes
Wednesday's Quick Takes includes: More on NTSB report on MD chopper crash; Collapse in Paterson, NJ; Accident staged so firefighter…
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NTSB says overworked Maryland State Police pilot to blame for the crash of Trooper 2. Also faults air traffic controllers along with MSP’s response to the crash. Report says there are lessons to be learned for search crews.
NTSB blames pilot & air traffic controllers in 2008 crash of Maryland State Police helipcopter. Report has lessons for search…
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UPDATE FDNY collision: Engine 236 & Ladder 107 crash in Brooklyn. A dozen firefighters injured. Second of two firefighters trapped has been freed.
Second firefighter gives thumbs up after two hour entrapment following collision of Engine 236 & Ladder 107 in Brooklyn.
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Quick takes
Monday "Quick takes": IG report on Montgomery Co. MD wreck; Save in Cumberland; PGFD rescues; Flag controversy grows; Wet T-shirt…
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Balloon boy: The plan. A look at rescue options and communications issues during Thursday’s chase of the run away balloon in Colorado.
So, what where the plans if balloon boy had to be rescued in-flight. A look at one option and communications…
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Stroller and baby struck by train. Baby survives. Watch the video.
Police in Australia say a 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller that had rolled onto the…
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Boy found alive after balloon chase. 6-year-old was not on experimental craft.
From KUSA-TV’s Sara Gandy and Jeffrey Wolf: After a massive search of northern Colorado, a 6-year-old boy who was believed…
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A look back to another river crash. Air Florida Flight 90 in DC had a significant impact on regional cooperation and crew resource management.
How another airplane river incident 27 years and two days earlier may have had an impact in a number of…
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