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Wisconsin Probes How 8 Roller-Coaster Riders Became Trapped Upside Down for Hours

July 6, 2023
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CRANDON, Wis.—State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster—some of them for more than three hours—at a festival in Wisconsin. The roller coaster’s cars got stuck near the top of a loop around 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Crandon International Offroad Raceway. Rescue workers arrived to find eight…

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Extreme Athlete Spends 500 Days Alone in Cave in Spain, Emerges Into Daylight: ‘Already? Surely Not’

April 21, 2023
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A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete emerged on April 14, from a 500-day challenge living 230 feet (70 meters) deep in a cave outside Granada with minimal contact with the outside. Wearing dark glasses and smiling as she adjusted to the light of spring in southern Spain, elite mountaineer Beatriz Flamini told reporters that time had flown by and…

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30 People Rescued After Being Trapped in Malaysian Cave

October 26, 2022
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—About 30 members of a film crew who were trapped in a limestone cave in northern Malaysia during heavy rain Wednesday have been rescued, police said. Two police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information, confirmed that all of the people trapped in Tempurung Cave…

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Owl Gets Trapped in Hotel Kitchen Fan for 2 Days, Until Rescuers Save and Degrease Her

March 1, 2021
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It’s normal for avian critters, such as birds or owls, to find their way into human spaces, like warehouses or hardware stores. It’s not a huge concern for the humans, but more of a concern for the poor animals that might get trapped inside, or worse, get hurt. Such was the case when an owl somehow ended up…

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