Air Florida Flight 90: Five Survivors in the Icy Potomac
The aircraft hit a busy bridge before entering the river. The emergency then involved people in the water, damaged vehicles above and a winter storm around both.
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Researched reportingChelyabinsk Meteor: The Flash Before the Windows Broke
Cameras recorded a bright trail across the sky. The danger on the ground arrived as pressure, broken glass and damaged buildings.
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Researched reportingDavid Johnston: Watching Mount St. Helens from Coldwater II
His work required getting close enough to understand a dangerous volcano. The eruption reached the ridge from which he was watching it.
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Researched reportingFloyd Collins: The Stone That Held Him Inside Sand Cave
People could reach him and speak to him. For more than two weeks, they struggled to find a way to bring him…
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Researched reportingKeyhole Canyon: Seven Canyoneers and a Sudden Flood
The weather changed faster than the search could begin. Seven people were inside a narrow Zion canyon when floodwater arrived.
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Researched reportingCrater Lake: A Snowbank Became a Three-Hundred-Foot Slide
A snowbank beside a popular overlook concealed the beginning of a steep chute. Forty-nine park staff and a medical flight became part…
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Researched reportingPeters Glacier: A Thousand-Foot Fall Out of Sight
A guided team saw the fall begin. After the climbers stopped in a crevasse, the ridge hid them from everyone who had…
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Researched reportingKahiltna Crevasse Rescue: Fourteen Hours Inside the Ice
Rescuers knew he was alive. The difficulty was making enough space in the ice to secure him, move him and finally bring…
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Researched reportingHalf Dome Winter Rescue: Two Slips Above an Icy Drop
The first snow patch stopped a short slide. After he shifted his weight, the next slide carried him roughly two hundred feet…
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Researched reportingYosemite Inner Gorge: The Boulder Above the Next Waterfall
His friends could see him on a rock in the middle of violent water. Below him, the creek continued toward a waterfall…
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Researched reportingMuir Wall Rescue: Stranded Below El Capitan’s Snowy Summit
The summit was about 250 feet away. After a storm arrived, the remaining distance became too much for a cold, exhausted climber…
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Researched reportingMuir Snowfield Whiteout: Two Hikers Started Down, One Returned
A call reached rangers from high on Mount Rainier. By afternoon, one hiker was being helped down while her companion remained somewhere…
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