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Woman left dangling 70 feet above ocean shares chilling five-word message to rescuer after dramatic ordeal

Maxime Rancourt spent half an hour clinging to a rock while dangling from a cliff in California, desperately hoping someone would rescue her.

'Baby Jessica' fell down a well 38 years ago. Credit / Getty Images

Toddler found trapped in a pipe after vanishing – 38 years later, this is ‘Baby Jessica’ now

Some of our readers may well remember the extraordinary story of Jessica McClure Morales. In 1987, aged just 18 months old, she vanished while playing with four other children in her aunt’s backyard in Midland, ...

Woman wraps shivering dog in her jacket while he waits outside

As the cold wind whipped through Harvard Square, a sweet dog sat tied to a tree, waiting for his owner. Kristina Hollie saw him shiver – and then saw his owner make a split-second decision ...

Former police officer drowns saving family in selfless beach rescue

A former Georgia police officer and one-time pro baseball player has died after heroically jumping into the ocean to save swimmers caught in a dangerous rip current. Anderson “Chase” Childers, 38, drowned Sunday afternoon off ...

40 starving dogs rescued from NYC apartment – see them now

When rescuers stepped into a Queens apartment this May, they were prepared for a tough scene. But they weren’t prepared for what they found: 40 Belgian Malinois dogs packed into a tiny, filthy space, some ...

Two siblings kidnapped from Missouri found in Florida grocery store nearly a year later

Two children who had been abducted from Missouri nearly one year ago were found safe in Florida last week. Brooke Gilley, 11, and Adrian Gilley, 12, were discovered in Florida with their “non-custodial mother”, Kristi ...

Dad of 3 dies while saving 2 young kids from Florida rip current – rest in peace

We all like to think we’d channel our inner bravery and act heroically if and when we ever found ourselves in a situation that called for courage. None of us know just how we’d respond ...

Son swims half a mile through Hurricane Ian storm surge to rescue 84-year-old mom trapped in flooded home

Despite warnings not to swim through the storm surge, Johnny Lauder dove into the flooded streets of his neighborhood and began his half mile trek to his elderly mother’s house after she called for help ...

Orlando TV reporter rescues nurse whose car became submerged in Hurricane Ian floodwaters

Hurricane Ian, now a tropical storm, left a path of destruction as it slowly made its way across the Florida peninsula. The Category 4 storm brought with it a storm surge of up to 12 ...

10-year-old boy saves mom from certain death after she suffers seizure in family pool

An Oklahoma mother is calling her 10-year-old son a “hero” and “guardian angel” after he saved her life seconds after she began seizing while swimming in their family pool. Gavin Keeney and his mom Lori ...