water rescue
Heroic passersby save dad and two young sons from drowning in Colorado River
Gaar Lausman and Daniel Wright rescued a drowning father and his two young sons after their kayak overturned while sailing in a Utah river.
Passenger dies after 'suspicious' plunge off MSC Cruise ship into deepest fjord in Norway
The incident marks the seventh time a person has gone overboard on an MSC cruise ship in less than seven months.
Mystery man's body found during search for missing Florida diver — who family thinks may have blacked out
The search for a missing diver in Florida took a bizarre twist Monday when rescuers found a different body -- whose identity is also a mystery.
Search for Baltimore Key Bridge collapse victims suspended as six 'presumed dead:' officials
"At this point we do not believe we are going to find any of these individuals still alive,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said Tuesday night.
Woman spends 15 hours on overturned car surrounded by rushing Cali floodwater
A woman spent nearly 15 hours stranded on top of her overturned car after floodwater swept her off a California roadway in Del Valle Regional Park.
Coast Guard plucks three from overturned boat near Puerto Rico
The US Coast Guard on Tuesday morning rescued three boaters whose craft overturned off the coast of Puerto Rico, leaving them clinging to the capsized vessel until help arrived.
Watch Utah firefighter rescue ungrateful pup Bob from doomed polar plunge
"Don't worry buddy he's going to save you!" his family yelled.
Video shows Illinois police rescue family, toddler trapped inside sinking car
The young family -- including their toddler -- became trapped inside their SUV and were slowly sinking below the surface.
Young brothers die after falling through icy Wisconsin pond after school
Two young brothers died after they plunged through the ice on a retention pond behind their apartment in Wisconsin.
Dramatic video shows Coast Guard rescue Leo the Golden Retriever after plunging over 300-foot cliff
Leo had been bounding ahead of his two owners at Ecola State Park when he toppled over the ledge onto the rocky shores of Cannon Beach below.
Firefighters rescue runaway cow stuck in dangerous water tunnel in four-day mission
The steaks to rescue this heifer were high.
Watch an NYPD cop save a blind Border Collie from drowning in frigid Queens pond
Sparky -- a blind 8-year-old Border Collie -- was trapped inside the dense emergent plants growing several feet from the water bank.
Married couple killed after speeding boat veers off river and slams into house, splitting vessel in half
Harrowing surveillance footage shows the couple's motorboat bouncing over a rough wake as it barrels towards the shoreline.
Man leaps into fast-flowing river to rescue little girl: See the heroic moment
A bystander was seen jumping into action — saving a little girl from a fast-flowing river after she fell in.
Sailors saved off Australian coast after 'several shark attacks' left them shipwrecked
Three sailors were saved from a sinking inflatable catamaran early Wednesday morning after "several shark attacks" left their ship wrecked off the northeastern coast of Australia.
Sick passenger airlifted from Carnival cruise ship more than 200 miles off Cape Cod
The cruise line's Legend ship was on the second day of a 14-day trip to Greenland when the crew called the Coast Guard for help.
'Heroic' dad drowns trying to save his ex and their teen child from fast-moving river
Vincent Parr's family survived, but he could not be saved.
Autistic boy, 9, vanishes from Brooklyn Ikea, his orange Crocs found in nearby water
Police are frantically searching for an autistic 9-year-old boy who likely wandered into the Red Hook Channel in Brooklyn Wednesday night, according to law enforcement sources.
Heroic video shows Florida cops rescue driver from sinking car: 'He's going down!'
Officers arrived to see the SUV partially submerged and the driver ferociously pounding on the glass in an attempt to escape the sinking vehicle.
Harrowing video shows car with terrified girl inside plunge from waterfall as dad who can't swim tries to rescue her
The near-fatal accident occurred at the Lodhiya Kund waterfall in India's Madhya Pradesh state.