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Two snowboarders were rescued from Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire last week after losing the trail amid whiteout conditions. Tristan Malone, 28, of Windham, New Hampshire, and Colin Begin, 25, of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, decided Friday to head to the top of the mountain for another run when they lost the trail amidst white-out conditions. Despite trying to find…

A Massachusetts firefighter and mother of five told her story after being injured during a heroic rescue. An injured Lt. Danielle O’Hearn of the Somerville Fire Department remained humble Thursday night. “I just happened to be the person who went up the ladder first,” she said. She and fellow firefighters rescued elderly grandparents early Wednesday morning from a burning...

A fishing vessel that became stranded off the coast of Massachusetts last Sunday has been towed to safety after a five-day operation, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Saturday. The fishing vessel Fearless was 160 nautical miles east of Nantucket on Sunday night when it became disabled and called for help. Winds were more than 20 miles per hour at the…

An off-duty police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, according to North Reading officials. The officer noticed the fire on Lowell Road overnight before the people inside realized what was happening. He kicked in the front door of the single-family home and helped them get out before fire crews got there. Initially,…

An off-duty police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, according to North Reading officials.

A North Reading Police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, town officials said. The officer noticed the fire on Lowell Road overnight before the people inside realized what was happening. He kicked in the front door of the single-family home and helped them get out before fire crews got there.

A woman and two children were rescued Wednesday morning from a fire at a residence in Boston’s South End.

A woman and two children were rescued Wednesday morning from a fire in Boston’s South End.

Body camera footage shows the moment Ohio police saved a woman who crashed into a river over the weekend.

A search continues for the operator of a motorcycle believed to have been ejected into the Taunton River after a crash on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said it was continuing to look for the victim, who they said was a 35-year-old Fall River man. On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had suspended...

A man was caught on camera jumping into a pond to save his small dog from an alligator’s grip near Estero, Florida.

A U.S. Coastguard helicopter rescued an injured fisherman 60 miles off of Martha’s Vineyard on Friday, officials said. The call came in around 6 p.m. from a commercial fishing vessel named Persistence, according to a Coast Guard news release. A 50-year-old member of the crew was showing stroke-like symptoms.  A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter was able to safely hoist...

Four people were rescued by firefighters Tuesday morning from a burning third floor home in Brockton, Massachusetts.

A mailman helped a man after he accidentally cut himself with a chainsaw in Norwalk.

Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.

Harrowing body camera footage showed the rescue of a man stuck with his wheelchair at a railroad crossing in Lodi, California. A Lodi police officer patrolling the area had seen the man and was able to drag him to safety.

Twenty cats and one dog were rescued from what was described as a “hoarding house” in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood on July 31, MSPCA-Angell announced Wednesday. The animal shelter said that Boston animal control officers removed the cats and dogs from the home after the owner voluntarily surrendered them. The unidentified owner will not face charges. “This is one of those…

A guy tried for days to rescue a stray dog he saw roaming the neighborhood. The dog kept running away — until his best friend showed up. The guy started fostering both dogs and one of them (Francis) is still looking for a home.

This guy has nine dogs of his own, and he decided to foster one more. Sammy’s an adorable pittie who was scared of everything because of his past. But he quickly started having fun with his foster family — who decided to keep him forever.