rescue

All slingshot rides across the state of Florida are currently closed after two teens had to be rescued from a slingshot ride that left them approximately 40 feet in the air after a cable broke.

Play time almost turned into a deathly situation when a 7-year-old boy from Florida ended up in the back of a trash truck after climbing into his Grandmother's trash can. Thankfully, a vigilant sanitation worker was able to turn off the truck's blade before the boy was hurt.

The two sailors were lifted off of their disabled vessel via Coast Guard Helicopter.

The alligator rescue was caught on camera.

The little girl told Cpl. Collins that she went into the pond because she wanted to swim.

The Coast Guard says 15 people have been rescued from a boat off Louisiana.

Governor John Bel Edwards says the state is working with the Cajun Navy to coordinate efforts.

The heroic efforts of the rescuers in Texas is definitely something to raise a glass, or in this case a bottle cap, to.

Last November, Kala Brown was miraculously rescued from a shipping container in South Carolina. She was being held captive by confessed serial killer Todd Kohlhepp. Video has just recently been released by the South Carolina Sheriff's Department showing the moment they rescued Brown from inside the container.

An infant and a 2-year old were nearly dead when a few strangers came to the rescue and saved their lives.

Baton Rouge man Johnathan Shaw was born with only one arm and no legs. Shaw found himself in a potentially fatal situation yesterday as his truck caught on fire, with him trapped inside. The mechanical lift he uses to get in and out of the truck was on fire as well, so it wasn't working. That's when James Williams came to the rescue.

The video of the incredible rescue in Baton Rouge of the woman and her dog has been seen by countless people all over the world. A Baton Rouge man claims he now has that red Miata from the video, and that it's a stolen vehicle.

Watch this daring rescue of a man who was clinging to a tree in the middle of flood waters earlier this week in Amite.

From the WAFB Facebook page: An amazing resuce of a woman and her dog in a convertible that was sinking in the flood waters.

The following video is raw footage from the Bossier Parish Sheriff Department as they were rescuing families yesterday.

When Carter was found, every part of his body was swollen, affected by mange, a staff infection, and other ailments. The possibility of blindness was looming over his head.

It's all in a day's work. One Louisiana wildlife agent assists 8 people to safety during an intense storm off the coast of Vermilion Parish.

Tragedy nearly struck a family in Henlawson, West Virginia last Tuesday. Gregory Vance was sitting on his front porch with a couple of friends when suddenly a huge tree got hit by lightning, fell over, and landed on them!

George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of Trayvon Martin's murder, has been in hiding since the end of the famous trial. He's resurfaced.

As Christmas time approaches we are often reminded that it is more than giving and getting material gifts. This video opened my eyes to the greatest gift anyone could ever give or receive! What is that gift?  It is a secret that is about to be shared with you.