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First responder recalls tragic details of a woman, child drowning as a warning to drivers willing to take a chance in high water
Read full article: First responder recalls tragic details of a woman, child drowning as a warning to drivers willing to take a chance in high waterA first responder on scene the morning two cars were swept away in high water recalls what he saw and heard that day and is warning others about the dangers of driving in flooded areas.
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake
Read full article: Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quakeRescuers in the Turkish coastal city pulled Gezgin out alive from the rubble, some four days (91 hours) after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. (Turkish Gendarmerie via AP)IZMIR ā Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece and as hopes of reaching survivors began to fade. After she was pulled from the rubble, little Ayda called out for her mother, in video of the rescue broadcast on television. Her rescue came a day after another 3-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl were also pulled out alive from collapsed buildings in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city. Officials said 138 quake survivors were still hospitalized, and three of them were in serious condition.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 team steps up to help those affected by Hurricane Laura
Read full article: Texas A&M Task Force 1 team steps up to help those affected by Hurricane LauraSan Antonio Crews continue to clean up in Lousiana and Texas after Hurricane Laura, a category 4 storm, left many places in shambles. Christy Bormann and her canine partner, Gunny, from Bexar County, were some of several members of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 team sent to help victims just minutes after the storm hit. Bormann says every hurricane response is different, but the wind damage was the worst in this storm. The Texas A&M Task Force 1 team spent nearly a week in the area helping. Bormann is a Canine Program Manager for the Texas A&M Task Force 1 team and has been with the team since 2006.