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China: Crane Driver Rescues Dangling Worker in Beijing’s Fengtai District

On October 17, 2025, in Fengtai District, Beijing, a man was found hanging outside a window after slipping while dismantling an air conditioning unit on a building’s exterior. He became entangled in a safety rope around his neck and arm. Crane driver Wang Lei immediately maneuvered his vehicle toward the building and extended the crane arm to rescue the struggling worker.

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China: Veteran Rescues Driver from Sinking Car in Jiangsu

On October 14, 2025, in Taizhou, Jiangsu, a retired soldier leapt into a river to rescue a driver trapped after a car fell in, smashing the window and pulling the driver to safety.

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China: Veteran Rescues Driver from Sinking Car in Jiangsu 2

On October 14, 2025, in Taizhou, Jiangsu, a retired soldier jumped into a river and smashed a car window with a brick to save a trapped driver, pulling them to safety as bystanders watched.

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US: SUV Crashes Into Domino’s Pizza, Triggers Explosion in Utah

An SUV crashed into a Domino’s in Herriman, south of Salt Lake City, Utah, rupturing a gas line and causing an explosion on Saturday night, July 5. Two bystanders rescued the driver and a passenger moments before the vehicle caught fire. Several people from the three-car crash were hospitalized, but no injuries were reported from the blast.

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, scans the ground with a metal detector during a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, holds a metal detector during a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, scans the ground with a metal detector during a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Stanislav Lapin, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the underwater and humanitarian demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, participates in a mine clearance mission in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, participates in a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, holds a metal detector during a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Stanislav Lapin, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the underwater and humanitarian demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, stands by a MV-4 mechanised demining vehicle during a mine clearance mission in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Stanislav Lapin, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the underwater and humanitarian demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, participates in a mine clearance mission in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Demining in Mykolaiv region

Yurii Besklubnyi, a driver and sapper of the mechanized demining department of the mechanized demining group of the humanitarian and underwater demining pyrotechnic unit of the Special Purpose Emergency Rescue Detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, scans the ground with a metal detector during a demining mission in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Video taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Evacuation center set up near sinkhole

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2025, shows an evacuation center set up at a junior high school in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama, after a sinkhole at a nearby intersection that swallowed a truck collapsed further earlier in the day. Operations to rescue the truck driver trapped in the hole continued the same day.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one on the right appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one in the background appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one on the right appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one on the right appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Japan: Truck Falls Into Large Sinkhole After Road Collapse In Saitama

A road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed on Tuesday, January 28, creating a large sinkhole into which a truck carrying a man fell. Rescue efforts for the driver have been ongoing, but another section of the road nearby collapsed on Wednesday, temporarily halting the operation.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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China car attack kills over 10 people, injures 100

Rescue vehicles rush to a sports center where a man rammed a car into people exercising in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, China, Nov. 11, 2024. More than 10 people died and nearly 100 were injured in the incident, and the driver was detained at the scene.

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US: Driver Dead In Tractor-Trailer Explosion, Causing Road Closures In Clifton, NJ 2

A driver was dead after a tractor-trailer exploded and caught fire, which prompted road closures in Clifton, New Jersey, on Monday, July 22. Parts of Route 3 and Route 46 were closed following the crash, and nearby residents were forced to evacuate from their homes.

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US: Driver Dead In Tractor-Trailer Explosion, Causing Road Closures In Clifton, NJ

A driver was dead after a tractor-trailer exploded and caught fire, which prompted road closures in Clifton, New Jersey, on Monday, July 22. Parts of Route 3 and Route 46 were closed following the crash, and nearby residents were forced to evacuate from their homes.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-WORLD INTELLIGENCE EXPO-LOW-ALTITUDE ECONOMY (CN)

(240621) -- TIANJIN, June 21, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Visitors learn about an emergency rescue drone at the low-altitude economy exhibition area at the World Intelligence Expo 2024 in north China's Tianjin, June 20, 2024. The World Intelligence Expo 2024, with the theme of "Intelligence: Extensive Development Space, Sustainable Growth Driver," opened on Thursday in north China's Tianjin, and exhibition of low-altitude economy has won much attention. The growing low-altitude economy has led to the development and application of various types of innovative aerial vehicles for logistics, commuting, tourism and even sports. It covers a chain of industries, including aircraft research and development, infrastructure construction and operation, and services for flight activities. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-WORLD INTELLIGENCE EXPO-LOW-ALTITUDE ECONOMY (CN)

(240621) -- TIANJIN, June 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors learn about an emergency rescue drone at the low-altitude economy exhibition area at the World Intelligence Expo 2024 in north China's Tianjin, June 20, 2024. The World Intelligence Expo 2024, with the theme of "Intelligence: Extensive Development Space, Sustainable Growth Driver," opened on Thursday in north China's Tianjin, and exhibition of low-altitude economy has won much attention. The growing low-altitude economy has led to the development and application of various types of innovative aerial vehicles for logistics, commuting, tourism and even sports. It covers a chain of industries, including aircraft research and development, infrastructure construction and operation, and services for flight activities. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Passers-by rescue driver in trapped car

STORY: Passers-by rescue driver in trapped car SHOOTING DATE: June 13, 2024 DATELINE: June 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: After a car plunged into a river in China's Chengdu, several people passing by immediately jumped into the water to help. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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US: Multiple Lanes Closed On I-45 In Spring, Texas After Fiery 18-Wheeler Crash

All southbound lanes on I-45 just north of Rayford Road in Spring, Texas were closed on Thursday morning, May 30, after an 18-wheeler flipped over and burst into flames. The driver was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.