Melanie's daughter, Katie Beeching, has now confirmed the women were saved by the Sri Lankan tourist police yesterday afternoon. They are currently in Colombo resting up before their flight home. Katie said: We are hugely relieved that Mum and Janine are now on their way home and would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the brave officers from the Sri Lankan tourist police who went out of their way to rescue them in such difficult circumstances.
Local News Photos shared by the fire department show first responders wading through waist-deep water toward the woman. Manchester-by-the-Sea police and firefighters on Wednesday rescued a woman stuck in a swampy area in the woods off Route 128, officials said. A middle-aged woman who was walking in the evening "lost her way and became disoriented," Fire Chief James McNeilly told Boston.com. After following sounds of traffic from nearby Route 128, the woman was led into a swamp area, where she called 911, McNeilly said.
The organization received reports on its hotline of a California sea lion on the busy beach Sunday and a team of trained volunteers from the hospital's triage facility in Castroville arrived at the beach just after 3 p.m. The sea lion weighed about 200 pounds and appeared to be in poor condition, said Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson for the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. It was reactive and registered the volunteers' presence but was lethargic.
A group of former police officers sprang into action after noticing the 30-year-old woman walking into the water holding a baby and were able to save their lives A woman holding a 5-month-old baby was pulled from the East River on Sunday after she mysteriously walked into the water carrying the child. The news was shared with the New York Post by a number of former police officers who rescued the woman and the infant.
Nearby kayakers and a boat emblazoned with the Ghostbusters logo came to the aid of three people whose kayaks overturned while they were watching the Giants-Dodgers game Saturday. The Giants lost the game, 13-7. As KRON4 reports, the kayakers fell overboard around 8:30 pm and were quickly rescued by nearby kayakers and a private boat prior to the San Francisco Fire Department's arrival on the scene.
The solo female climber fell while nearing the summit of California's second-tallest mountain, injuring her leg severely and losing her backpack, leaving her alone and without supplies.