China: Winter Rescue After Car Falls Into Frozen Water in Shandong

On January 21, 2026, in Shandong, located in eastern China, a video recorded a car that had fallen into icy water surrounded by floating ice. The temperature was visibly cold, and the water surface was partially frozen. A rescuer from the Zheng’an rescue team jumped directly into the freezing water to reach the trapped person. Another team member broke the ice from above to assist. Despite the harsh conditions, the rescuers worked quickly to save the driver. The scene highlighted an urgent winter rescue effort.

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.

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Feb. 4 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole. (Kyodo)

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)

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

[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)

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

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.

Evacuation center set up near sinkhole

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.

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)

5 killed, 1 wounded in accident on Istanbul's motorway

STORY: 5 killed, 1 wounded in accident on Istanbul's motorway SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Five people were killed and one person was wounded on Tuesday in an accident on a motorway in Istanbul, Türkiye, local media reported. The accident happened when a car traveling on a motorway struck pedestrians attempting to cross the road in the Pendik district on the Asian side of the city, according to CNN Turk broadcaster. It noted that all five pedestrians lost their lives, while the car driver, who was trapped inside the vehicle, was subsequently rescued and swiftly transported to a hospital. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye. (XHTV)

Passersby save driver trapped in car in river

STORY: Passersby save driver trapped in car in river DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: NANTONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue scene STORYLINE: A car plunged into a river in Nantong City of east China's Jiangsu Province. Two passersby raced against time to save the driver who was stuck inside the vehicle. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nantong, China. (XHTV)

Kobe quake 21 years on

Kobe quake 21 years on

Shohei Amachi, 63, a resident of Nishinomiya, cries beside a clock that stopped at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, the moment that a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the area, saying he still regrets having been unable to rescue a trapped truck driver in the wake of the disaster, on Dec. 21, 2015, in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo