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Listed this under "Amazing Rescues" since this is one for the books. Who knows how or when the kid will be freed from his Peter Pan type experience (little boys can fly) but it's pretty neat to hear about.

A woman is in critical condition at UK Hospital and a Lexington police officer is hospitalized following a house fire at a Lexington home Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at about 10:15 a.m. at the home, located on Spring Run Road. Police say Lexington Police officer Keith Todd and a firefighter found Debbie Brown, 51, unconscious on the floor inside ...

Trouble viewing the video? Download Flash player here INDIANAPOLIS — A liquid propane tanker exploded on an Indianapolis highway ramp on Thursday, shooting a fireball of flames and black smoke into the sky and closing a section of two of the city's major expressways. The tanker's driver was taken to a hospital with burns that didn't appear to be life ...

Salem Police say 48-year old Janice Johnson was struck by a vehicle on Mission Street Wednesday night, on the bridge over Mill Creek. She was propelled over the concrete barrier about 30 feet into the water below, and was rescued by Salem Police and Fire personnel, according to Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada. He says it happened around 6:35 p.m. when ...

Worker rescued from ditch off Lakeshore Drive   By Amy Wilson - awilson@herald-leader.com Rescuers from the Lexington Fire Department freed a construction worker two hours after he became trapped Tuesday in an 8-foot-deep trench next to a house off Lakeshore Drive. Kevin McHone, 39, an employee of a company called Junk Monkey, was digging in compacted wet mud when "the spoil ...

A rambunctious dog caused a scene when it leaped into the Hudson River Sunday - but it was only living up to its name. Jerry Velez, 30, was walking Cain, a white pit bull mix along the Hudson River at W. 14th St. yesterday when he let the dog off its leash. Bad move. "I let the dog off the leash ...

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Chief Harry Moore of the Duquesne (PA) EMS collapsed from a heart attack at the scene of a run this evening and has died in the Line of Duty. The initial run was for a serious crash around 1930 hours. Three cars were involved in the crash that injured at least one person severely. The drivers were entrapped inside their ...

ARNOLD — Bradley Edwards' insatiable quest for the big one nearly turned deadly Thursday when he lost his balance and slipped into the Meramec River. Bradley said he and his friend Mike Melchior, also 12, slipped off to the river near Lonedell Road not far from Bradley's home around 11 a.m. Thursday. Both seventh-graders had the day off from Ridgewood Middle ...

TROY — It’s been a little more than a week since 9-year-old Carlos Duffie’s home was destroyed in a morning blaze, but he was all smiles on Monday when he was made an honorary Troy firefighter and his school, Public School 18, donated $1,600 to his family. The school was able to collect the donations, mainly given in gift cards and ...

NEW HAVEN — A massive rebar cage toppled onto a worker Friday during construction on a new Route 34 highway flyover, but the man escaped without a life threatening injury, authorities said. Firefighters from both of the Fire Department’s specialty squads responded for the precarious extrication. The victim was pinned between the rebar cage and a slightly elevated wooden platform. When ...

A month ago, Chicago firefighter David Doyle carried little Diamond Jones' limp, soot-covered body out of a burning building on the West Side. As Doyle hurried down the fire escape clutching the gasping toddler, he prayed she wouldn't die. [widget:flywheel_links] On Wednesday, Doyle got to see that Diamond not only survived, but, thanks in large part to his bravery, she has ...

CHIPLEY, Fla. — A baby missing for five days was found alive and well under her baby sitter's bed, and Florida authorities said Thursday they plan to charge the sitter, her husband and the child's mother. Investigators found 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick in a box tucked under a bed surrounded by items intended to hide the child at Susan Elizabeth Baker's home ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Police in Australia say a 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller that had rolled onto the tracks. The train pushed the stroller about 130 feet (40 meters) along the tracks before it stopped. Security video footage released Friday shows the mother looking away for a moment when the stroller suddenly rolls off the ...

Action 4 News has posted RAW VIDEO of press conference with Lt. Gen. Bob Cone regarding a shooting that left 12 dead and 31 wounded at Fort Hood. Lt. Gen. Cone told reporters that the shooting started at the base's Soldier Readiness Facility at 1:30 p.m .Thursday. The facility is a group of building that used to be known as ...

Related Links See the attack Jail deputies have risky job Unlikely rescuers Douglas Burden Jerry Dieguez Hoang Vu Terrell Carswell David Schofield TAMPA - The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when the inmate attacked. The deputy is 64; the inmate 40 years his junior. Deputy Kenneth Moon had another disadvantage: He was the sole deputy in a jail ...

LIBERTY, Ind. — An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire. Laura Sizemore said Dash, a 2-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, began growling and barking about 3 a.m. Wednesday, awakening her and her husband, Stacy. [widget:news__explosions_caught_on_tape] The couple, who found the house filled with smoke, ...

Maine woman rescues man from burning van By Erin Rhoda The Morning Sentinel JACKMAN, Maine — One man is alive after a woman pulled him from a burning vehicle Sunday. The man, a passenger in a vehicle that struck a moose on U.S. Route 201 and burst into flames, was seriously injured and flown to a hospital Sunday night. The driver ...

Firefighter: Dive in pool saved burning Fla. teen's life By Rich Phillips CNN Related Articles: 3 Fla. teens charged as adults for setting boy on fireTeen set ablaze screams in agony on Fla. 911 tape Related content sponsored by: DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — It's a call that no firefighter ever wants to have to answer. For firefighter-paramedic Bobby Goss, it was ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL - One of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office's combat crosses given out Friday went to an unlikely candidate: a firefighter. It was the first combat cross the agency has given to someone who isn't a law enforcement officer. That's because County Fire-Rescue Capt. Edwin O'Berry helped stop an armed suspect who nearly beat a police officer ...