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Joseph Little, 28, was trapped under a massive boulder at Hammond Marina in Warrenton, Oregon, on Sept. 26. Unable to reach his phone, he used his wireless earbuds to activate Siri and call 911. Rescuers used a drone to locate him and a Coast Guard helicopter to airlift him to the hospital.
On Sunday, September 27, 2026, a single-engine Beechcraft 35-A33 Debonair crashed into a cornfield near East Troy Municipal Airport in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Four people were aboard; all survived, though three were hospitalized for evaluation. Professional skydivers from Skydive Milwaukee, who were preparing for a jump when they witnessed the aircraft disappear behind a tree line, jumped from their own plane to reach the crash site before emergency responders. One jumper, a former paramedic, treated a victim with a serious head injury. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating the cause.
An avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in Nepal on Sunday, killing at least four people and leaving 12 others missing. All victims were Nepalese staff preparing the site for foreign climbers. Rescue efforts are hampered by severe weather, with helicopters grounded and ground teams unable to reach the remote location.
An avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in Nepal on Sunday, killing two people and leaving 14 others missing. The victims were Nepalese staff preparing the site for foreign climbers. Heavy snow and poor weather have severely hampered rescue efforts, with helicopters grounded and ground teams unable to reach the remote site.
Three visitors were stranded on Lost Boy Beach in Tillamook, Oregon, after the incoming tide blocked their exit from a remote stretch accessible only via sea cave or rugged rocks; Netarts-Oceanside firefighters used a rope rescue and life vests to pull them through the surf to safety, with only minor scrapes reported. Officials warned that El Niño years can bring higher tides, advising beachgoers to check tide apps and talk to locals before visiting coastal areas.
A trio of tourists were stranded on Lost Boy Beach in Tillamook County, Oregon, after an incoming tide cut off their exit as they attempted a dramatic photo. They signaled SOS with sticks, a satellite call helped responders locate them, and a drone aided the search before Netarts-Oceanside Fire District rescuers brought them safely to shore; all were unharmed.
Malawian police killed two suspects during a rescue operation that freed a kidnapped British woman, according to updates from AP News on September 18, 2026.
A British auditor, Nusrat Osman, was kidnapped in Blantyre, Malawi, but police rescued her after a shootout that killed four abductors; a deputy inspector general was wounded. Osman is safe, and authorities say kidnappings are uncommon in Malawi, with investigations ongoing.
Nepal on Wednesday raised the number of people recorded as missing from the Aug 26 floods to 6,150 (up from 5,179) after district-wide verification, as rescuers recovered 10 bodies from two hydropower tunnels in Rasuwa (Chilime and Upper Trishuli-1), pushing the national toll to about 1,446 dead and 6,669 missing.
A British woman, Nusrat Osman, 47, kidnapped in Malawi, was rescued during a police operation near Blantyre after a gun battle with four suspected kidnappers who were killed; Deputy Inspector General Noel Kayira was wounded but stable. Osman was treated and later reunited with her family, with authorities also assessing her physical and mental health.
A collapse at an informal gold mine in Sudan’s Kordofan region killed at least 82 people, with rescue teams racing to reach others still trapped; earlier tallies reported 67 bodies recovered and around 70 missing. The mine reportedly employed unregulated workers and lacked basic safety measures, highlighting dangers in Sudan’s informal mining sector amid ongoing conflict between the RSF and the military, and in a country where much of the gold is smuggled to fund armed groups.
After days of searching for six men trapped underground by catastrophic floods, rescuers at Nepal’s Chilime Hydropower Station recovered five bodies; the sixth person remains missing as the Nepali Army, with help from Indian forces and an Australian tunnel expert, continues a challenging search through silt-filled tunnels that left the area around the powerhouse completely swamped.
A 2004 Red Sea dive turned into a 13-hour drift when a sudden current separated Alexandra Alves Gaspar and her group from their liveaboard; after exhausting efforts and limited tracking, local fishermen led a dramatic rescue with help from a regional search, leaving her traumatized but hooked on diving, and decades later she returns to the same waters, even swimming with dolphins who she recalls as part of the miracle, while noting improved safety tech that makes diving safer today.
An Air Force weapons systems officer known as Bravo recounts in a 60 Minutes interview how his F-15E was shot down over Iran in April, how he endured a broken back, arm and shoulder while evading capture for about two days, and how a massive rescue operation—featuring roughly 90 U.S. ground troops, hundreds of air assets, CIA deception, and a later extraction of Bravo and another downed airman—unfolded as one of the largest combat rescues in U.S. history.
A 70-year-old backpacker, Craig Berg, was found alive after spending 11 days lost in Isle Royale’s remote backcountry. A massive, multi-agency search spanning land, water, and air culminated in Berg being located by fellow backpackers and airlifted by the Coast Guard to a hospital, where he was treated for dehydration and hypothermia.