rescue work

Rivals and sometime friends Peter and Jake are forced to work together when they are called upon to confront dangerous rapids in order to find help for their whitewater-rafting companions who have become stranded in the wilderness.

Papa Bear helps bear scouts Brother, Sister, and Cousin Fred earn their Official Rescue Merit Badges.

Discusses the programs, teams, and equipment involved in search and rescue work in a variety of outdoor environments.

Tommy, Jake, and Lexie decide to ski down the difficult Wildcat Run on their last run of the day, but after Lexie gets hurt they have to survive on the mountain hoping to be rescued.

Recounts the experiences of the construction workers who spent nine months cleaning up the debris at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, pulled out to sea by a giant wave, are worried when they think they are stranded on an island.

When twelve-year-old Kent helps his father in a daring underwater rescue, he wins the respect he has always craved.

In this account of the 2001 rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, retired New York City firefighter Dennis Smith gives a remarkable eyewitness account of perhaps the most heroic and desperate collaborative disaster effort in recent history.

Offers a detailed account of U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen's attempts to save thirty-three men who were trapped in a sunken submarine during the first days of World War II.

Presents color photos of firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, doctors, students, and World Trade Center employees who struggled to save lives in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, and includes quotations from each on their experiences.