Read more rescue stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8315/rescue.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:24:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73670/teen-survives-night-stranded-with-polar-bears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 17-year-old Inuit youth is in a local hospital with hypothermia after spending over 24 hours stranded on a drifting ice floe in Canada's Hudson Bay with three polar bears. The teen became separated from his uncle as the two walked back toward a settlement after their snowmobile broke down...http://www.newser.com/story/73670/teen-survives-night-stranded-with-polar-bears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 5:00:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70480/capt-sully-plans-return-to-flying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChesley Sullenberger, who saved the passengers and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 when he executed daring water landing on the Hudson River in January, will soon return to flying. The hero pilot's return to the cockpit is imminent, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles reports. In addition to flying,...http://www.newser.com/story/70480/capt-sully-plans-return-to-flying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 17:15:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68747/900-pulled-from-sinking-filipino-ferry-60-missing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA ferry carrying nearly 1,000 passengers sank in the southern Philippines early this morning, leaving at least five dead and more than 60 missing. The Superferry 9 began to list before dawn about 9 miles off Zamboanga del Norte province, rousing terrified passengers from their sleep and throwing some...http://www.newser.com/story/68747/900-pulled-from-sinking-filipino-ferry-60-missing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 11:10:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66684/hundreds-rescued-from-taiwan-mudslides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 700 people feared dead in Taiwan's mudslides have been found alive and rescued from the disaster zone, the BBC reports. Military helicopters have been evacuating people from rural areas in southern Taiwan, where mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot engulfed several mountain villages. Hundreds of other people are still missing...http://www.newser.com/story/66684/hundreds-rescued-from-taiwan-mudslides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 1:22:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63586/survivor-yemenia-crash-like-being-electrocuted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a Yemenia Airways jet fell out of the tempestuous sky into the sea, it felt "like being electrocuted," the sole survivor tells the Times of London. Bahia Bakari heard "a big sound" before being ejected from her plane, says the 12-year-old, and survived the hours after the crash by...http://www.newser.com/story/63586/survivor-yemenia-crash-like-being-electrocuted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 15:05:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60664/gown-clad-bride-saves-strangers-from-flames.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt was an “eventful day” yesterday, a Connecticut woman said afterward: She got married and still had time to save a family from a burning house. On her way home from her wedding reception, Georgette Clemons spotted smoke. Still wearing her wedding gown, she dashed from the car and burst...http://www.newser.com/story/60664/gown-clad-bride-saves-strangers-from-flames.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 9:06:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59754/sea-lion-saved-on-highway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCops near San Francisco made an unusual rescue today on a local expressway: They saved a wandering sea lion, the Chronicle reports. After a brief chase, they corralled the 30-pound confused critter, probably only about a year old. The sea lion, named Moody in honor of a fallen officer, is...http://www.newser.com/story/59754/sea-lion-saved-on-highway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 14:46:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57325/yemeni-forces-free-tanker-nab-11-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYemeni forces freed a hijacked Yemeni oil tanker and arrested 11 Somali pirates yesterday, the AP reports, with the country's coast guard exchanging gunfire with the pirates and taking control of the vessel Qana. Three marines were wounded, CNN adds. The tanker had been hijacked earlier in the day while...http://www.newser.com/story/57325/yemeni-forces-free-tanker-nab-11-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 8:33:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56164/maersk-crew-returns-home-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe shipping captain held hostage by Somali pirates will return to the US with his crew tomorrow. Maersk Line said today that Richard Phillips and the crew of the Maersk Alabama are expected to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland late tomorrow, where they will reunite with loved...http://www.newser.com/story/56164/maersk-crew-returns-home-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:53:20 CDT