Five people rescued off English coast after eight days on life-raft
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LONDON  - When their vessel began taking on water, the five sailors issued a series of distress calls, fired flares into the air and burned tires to attract attention.
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Four people on board a fishing boat that took on water near Tiree are rescued by helicopter.
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Rescue operation under way after trawler fire leaves 23 crew members stranded without power.
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Five sailors were rescued yesterday after surviving for seven days adrift in a life raft in storm-tossed seas. The group, including two Britons, had run out of supplies of food and water.
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Irish coast guards and the navy rescued  over 100 children on Thursday after a sudden squall swept them  out to sea during a regatta close to Dublin.
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Helicopters and boats rescued people in Britain and Northern Europe as heavy rains caused flooding and 128 mph winds downed trees and power lines.
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One of two fishermen missing in the Irish Sea was found alive today. The missing crewman, Shane Murnaghan, was found floating in a life-raft nine miles from the Isle of Man - inside the area where a major ...
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Eleven students and two supervisors rescued after being trapped for four hours in North Yorkshire
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A family adrift at sea for nearly 60 hours was rescued off the coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island this weekend by a group of federal researchers.
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An operation is underway to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
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A newly-wed couple are among those rescued after a ship was hit by a giant wave off the Isles of Scilly.
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A man who decided to swim to safety after the boat he was on capsized about 15 miles offshore was rescued Sunday after spending 24 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said. His four fishing companions also were rescued.
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For almost seven days, they drifted off the Cornish coast in a tiny inflatable raft, at the mercy of rough seas, battered by huge waves and high winds.
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Two children trapped in a sinking minivan are alive thanks to the efforts of five good Samaritans who jumped into a retention pond near Walt Disney World and saved them.
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Five children &amp;#151; four of them siblings &amp;#151; drowned during a church outing when they were caught in a river&#039;s current, apparently while trying to help a sixth child who was rescued, authorities and the victims&#039; relatives said Monday.
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British sailor Alex Thomson has been rescued by a rival competitor after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean while taking part in the Five Oceans round-the-world race.
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LONDON, July 23 -- Britain's worst flooding in decades left tens of thousands of families without water or electricity Monday night and forced thousands from their homes, including some dramatically rescued from rising waters by helicopters and boats.