Rescuers have begun to free an American scientist who became stranded deep inside a cave in Turkey after he fell ill. A team reached Mark Dickey, 40, and started to transport him on a stretcher out of the cave just before 3:30 p.m. local time, the Turkish Caving Federation said Saturday in a post on the…
A Norwegian mountaineering team is accused of leaving an injured porter to die on Pakistan’s K2 mountain this past July, allegedly choosing to continue their record-breaking climb instead of trying to rescue him. The lead climber, Kristin Harila, along with her guide, Tenjin Sherpa, became the fastest two people to climb all 14 of the ‘eight-thousanders’…
This is the moment an everyday hero dived into murky floodwater to unlock a gate so rescue boats could access his isolated community. The unidentified Chinese man’s actions have been viewed more than 750,000 times on social media platform Weibo. Beijing and surrounding areas are currently battling historic flooding, which has so far claimed the…