Joe DiTomasso and Kevin Hyde were sailing to Florida from New Jersey when they lost contact with family and friends on Dec. 3. On Tuesday, they were found more than 200 miles off the coast of Delaware. Source: New York…
Posts published in “Rescues”
Small Plane Crashes Into Transmission Tower in Maryland
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
Rescuers on Sunday night worked carefully to extricate the two people on board, after 117,000 were at one point without power. Photos showed the plane entangled in power lines. Source: New York Times
At Least 38 Injured in High-Rise Fire in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2022
Firefighters used ropes to make a daring rescue of a woman from a 20th floor apartment, officials said. Source: New York Times
Hurricane Sandy, in Pictures
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2022
Ten years later, the photos are still here. Source: New York Times
What We Know About the Victims of the Bronx Fire in New York City
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
Residents who survived the Bronx inferno on Sunday described a quiet morning that suddenly was overtaken by terror and tragedy. Source: New York Times
Floodwaters rose around a Queens woman in a wheelchair. Then a dramatic rescue.
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2021
A woman with advanced Alzheimer’s was trapped in her garden apartment before her health aide and neighbors teamed up to help. Source: New York Times
What It Took to Free a Whale Entangled in 4,000 Pounds of Fishing Gear
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2020
The influx of whales to cleaner waters off New York City has meant that the number of them injured or killed there is on the rise. Source: New York Times
A Summer of No-Contact Rescues: How Lifeguards Have Changed Their Ways
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2020
Guards have tested positive. After-work parties are frowned upon. The pandemic has upended lifeguarding. Source: New York Times