Start packing for your rescue mission, Bill Clinton: An American citizen is being held in North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday. Spokesman Mark Toner said Swedish officials have “been able to visit” the detained American (Sweden, which…
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Emperor Akihito of Japan, in a rare televised address to the nation, on Wednesday expressed his concern for the survivors of the tsunami and thanked the rescue teams working under difficult conditions in the north.
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Though morale has been slightly boosted in light of the rescue of two survivors on Tuesday, devastation continues to ravage Japan. The National Police Agency confirmed Tuesday afternoon that 2,722 have died in the earthquake and tsunami, and that…
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Death Toll Tops 2,700
Seven fire fighters and four rescue dogs are part of Wales’ contribution to the rescue efforts in the Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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Previously unseen footage of the 9/11 attacks, filmed from a police helicopter hovering above the burning World Trade Centre, has emerged almost a decade after the terrorist atrocity.
The New York Police Department air and sea rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene of the attack to see whether any survivors could be rescued from the rooftops.
However, as the audio track proves, its crew quickly realised the enormity of the situation below.
“The whole tower, it’s gone,” one officer is heard yelling. “Holy crap, they knocked the whole fricking thing down.”
Another officer asks: “How could it go down?”
The video is part of a cache of information about the attack handed over by city agencies to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency that investigated the collapse.
It was released by NIST on 3 March under a Freedom of Information Act request, but it remains unclear who published the footage online.
Although many of the scenes in the 17-minute video are familiar, it provides a chilling aerial view of the burning twin towers and the cloud of smoke and dust that covered the city.
Only police helicopters were allowed in the airspace near the skyscrapers, with the officers gaining exclusive images from above. The helicopter flies over the roof as huge grey clouds billow up, and then moves away, with the video panning out to lower Manhattan. A sea of people can be seen fleeing the area.
The helicopter eventually lands across the harbour from the towers and the camera pans into the aircraft, showing the ropes that would have been used to rescue people. The sparse audio gives an indication of the raw shock experienced by its crew.
“We got out of there at the right time,” one officer can be heard saying.
“I know,” another replies.
The helicopter crew watches as the north tower falls in the distance, the video zooming in to capture the building’s collapse and a huge plume of smoke puffing up.
“Holy shit,” an officer says.
Still images from police helicopters were released to the public last year under a similar request.
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Nothing better shows corporate control over the government than Washington’s basic response to the current economic crisis. First we had “the rescue” and then “the recovery.” Trillions in public money flowed to the biggest US banks, insurance companies, etc. That “bailed” them out (suggestion of criminality?) while we waited for benefits to “trickle down” to the rest of us. As usual, the “trickle down” part has not happened. Large corporations and their investors kept the government’s money for themselves; their profits and stock market “recovered” nicely. read more
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Corporations to Government: Give Us More, Tax Us Less
Fears of an outbreak of disease loom in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, as rain hampers the rescue operation following devastating landslides.
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Soldiers are deployed to help with the rescue and the identification of bodies in south-eastern Brazil, where almost 600 people have died in landslides and flooding.
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Brazilian army in flood mission
The US Congress passes a bill to fund healthcare for workers involved in the rescue and clean-up efforts after the 9/11 attack in New York City.
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US Congress backs 9/11 health law
Australian authorities are involved in the rescue of asylum seekers off Christmas Island, a Customs and Border Protection official said Wednesday.
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The UK’s Search and Rescue Helicopter fleet, which is currently run by the RAF and the Royal Navy, will be taken over by a private company.
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A passenger who lost both legs in the Russell Square Tube bombing on 7 July 2005 has praised those who came to her rescue and saved her life despite the fact that she was so severly injured.
The euro holds steady as the ECB’s Christian Noyer seeks to boost market confidence in the rescue for the Republic of Ireland.
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Avon Fire and Rescue Service aims to become the first brigade in England to buy a multi-million pound helicopter, despite criticism the move is “a folly”.
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Fire brigade wants a helicopter
Three teenage boys who survived at least 50 days adrift in the Pacific are brought to Fiji after their rescue.
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This article titled “9/11 attack: US releases previously unseen footage” was written by Sam Jones and agencies, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 8th March 2011 09.57 UTC