Category: rescues

Turkey Quake Rescuers Still Finding ‘Miracle’ Survivors as Death Toll Grows

Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were fading. Stories of near-miraculous rescues have flooded the airwaves in recent days, including many that were broadcast live on Turkish television and beamed around the world….


The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The story is set in Paris, France. Quasimodo is a deaf, half-blind, kyphosis bell-ringer of the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. His master, Jehan Frollo, the evil brother of the saintly archdeacon, Dom Claude Frollo, prevails upon him to kidnap Esméralda, a dancing Romani people girl and the adopted daughter of Clopin, the…


Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)

Sherlock Holmes rescues an inventor of a new bomb site before the Nazis can get him. The inventor agrees to help the Allies but soon disappears, and Holmes suspects Moriarty may be involved. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button…


Spain Rescues 319 Migrants at Sea, 18 More Feared Drowned

MADRID—Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say 319 people, including 59 women and 24 children, were rescued from seven different boats trying to reach the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, while activists say at least 18 migrants have died. Spanish rescue vessels reached the boats in different locations late Tuesday and early Wednesday, a Maritime…


Troopers: Helicopter Rescues 7 Iced in at Remote Alaska Camp

JUNEAU, Alaska—A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter late Thursday rescued seven people who had been iced in since last week at a cabin about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of the Yukon River community of Emmonak in western Alaska, the Alaska State Troopers reported. The group was “adequately supplied with food, water, shelter, and necessary supplies”…