Tag: emergencies and accidents

When a 4-year-old cat named Rowdy traveled with her family from Germany to Boston on June 24, no one knew that she was about to live up to her name, ...

On Saturday morning, Nantucket Fire Department Capt. Nate Barber was enjoying a day off by strolling through the quaint Massachusetts island town with his wife to get a cup of ...

In the middle of the night on July 3, a fire broke out in an apartment complex in Madison, Indiana. At least five kids and an adult were trapped by ...

On July 2, shortly after midnight on his way home from work, 54-year-old Chris Vagnone found himself in a very dangerous situation that nearly claimed his life. Vagnone was in ...

On Sunday, a search and rescue team was called out to Bleecker, New York, to help look for three young children who had gone missing. According to a post by ...

Detective Julia Caldwell of the Ewing Police Department in New Jersey has spent the last 12 years as an officer, but a rescue she made last month changed her life. ...

A young family had just moved into a gorgeous home in Hingham, Massachusetts, making the $3.2 million dollar home their own -- but now there's nothing left but a brick ...

Engaged couple Isabella Scott and Ezrick Marines were enjoying the holiday weekend in Boston when a misstep nearly took Marines' life. Both Scott and Marines are visually impaired, and Marines ...

Another fatal accident involving an electric vehicle left two Lompoc, California, natives dead last week near Gainesville, Florida. A 66-year-old female and 67-year-old male inside a 2015 Tesla Model S ...

The fire brigade is investigating the incident.

A pilot flying a single-engine aircraft made an emergency landing on Sunday morning on a highway in North Carolina. Vincent Fraser was flying with his father-in-law when the airplane’s engine ...

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. Officers Nick Greene and Noah Cole of the ...

So much of being helpful is being in the right place at the right time and being willing to jump into action at a moment's notice. Some people are just ...

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. Traffic is always a bit dicey on the ...

A family in Mountain Brook, Alabama, is incredibly grateful for the gift of life today after nearly losing husband and father Brad Hassig. Hassig, a chiropractor, likes to meditate and ...

On June 3, a 3-year-old boy named Ryker Webb was playing in his backyard near Bull Lake, Montana, with the family dog when he disappeared. A massive search was launched ...

An innocent whale-watching excursion turned violent when a 7-ton humpback whale bodyslammed a boat and injured every member on board. On May 14, a small boat named Andrea perused the ...

An accident at a Michigan air show has claimed the life of the driver of a jet-powered truck that burst into flames during the show. Chris Darnell died in the ...

A crane in Jordan's port of Aqaba dropped a container carrying 25 tons of toxic chlorine gas Monday, killing and wounding hundreds of people. The leak that ensued killed 13 ...

Toyota has recalled its newest electric vehicles because the wheels can literally fall off in what one commentator says is a symptom of what's wrong with the electric vehicle market. ...