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survivors stories: 37 news summaries

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Fishermen Rescued After
25 Days in a Floating Cooler

Men say rainwater and fish kept them alive

Jan 21, 09 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Aussie authorities are probing the story of a pair of Burmese fishermen found floating in an industrial-sized cooler, the Independent reports. The men were rescued after a customs aircraft spotting them waving frantically. They told officials they had been adrift for 25 days after their fishing boat sunk in heavy... More »

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Australia • shipwreck • ocean • Burma • survivors • fishermen

 Avalanche Deaths 
 Haunt Survivor 

Adams describes horror after eighth
body is recovered

Dec 31, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - One of three survivors of Sunday's devastating avalanche in British Columbia says it was a "gut-wrenching" decision to leave behind eight of his friends—whose buried bodies he since helped recover. Fearing another rush of snow, Jeff Adams left the site with two others. The experienced sledders, all close... More »

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Canada • death • British Columbia • survivors • avalanche • snowmobile

 Pearl Harbor Events 
 Short on Survivors 

Few remain to mark 67th anniversary of attack

Dec 7, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Death and illness have trimmed the ranks of Pearl Harbor survivors appearing at ceremonies today, the Boston Globe reports. Only one survivor was expected at a ceremony in Boston, and organizers nationwide said many groups have seen their last commemoration. Of the 60,000 military members stationed at Pearl Harbor... More »

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US military • World War II • survivors • Pearl Harbor

 Blink-182 Makes Up 
 After Travis' Close Call 

No onstage reunion yet, but they don't rule it out

Nov 20, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Blink-182 boys are hanging out again, ending a nearly 4-year hiatus after drummer Travis Barker dodged death in a fiery plane crash, E! reports. The trio met up for what vocalist Mark Hoppus calls “positive conversations,” deciding recent events trump the past. As for a reunion, “... More »

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plane crash • survivors • reunion • rock bands • rock music • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Blink-182 • Mark Hoppus • Tom Delonge • Adam Goldstein • Angels & Airwaves

(Newser) - The death toll in the Haitian school collapse has risen to 75, the AP reports. The mayor of the Port-au-Prince suburb where it occurred said 17 dead students have been found so far today. Another 80 are being treated for injuries, many of them serious, and hundreds more children could... More »

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construction • Haiti • school • collapse • rescue • survivors • search • building • disaster

'That Is the
End of This Broadcast'

UK declassifies
BBC's Cold War script for nuclear attack

Oct 3, 08 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A radio script that the British government planned to broadcast to survivors of a nuclear attack has been made public for the first time, the BBC reports. The script, written in the 1970s and released by the National Archives, warns listeners to stay in hiding for 14 days and to... More »

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BBC • nuclear weapons • Cold War • survivors • Britain • National Archives • nuclear attack

(AP) - Egyptian rescuers continued to hunt for survivors tonight after massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo. At least 24 are dead and many more buried under tons of rubble. Frantic residents in the sprawling Manshiyet Nasr slum were digging by hand and trying to lift... More »

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Egypt • Cairo • survivors

 Survivors Tell of K2 Disaster 

Worst mountaineering tragedy since 1986

Aug 28, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - After braving a challenge that trumps Everest—one that claimed the lives of 11 fellow mountaineers—the survivors of this month's K2 disaster tell Andrew Buncombe of the Independent about their harrowing descent. Battling frostbite, Italian guide Marco Confortola watched helplessly as his friends died, while Dutch climber Wilco... More »

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Himalayas • survivors • avalanche • disaster • K2 • mountain climber

Soot Cushions
Manhattan Girl's
14-Story Plunge

She's expected to make full recovery after
tumble down chimney

Aug 3, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A young girl's trip to the rooftop to show her cousin the Manhattan skyline turned out badly yesterday when a misstep sent the 12-year-old plummeting 180 feet down a chimney, the New York Daily News reports. But a 2-foot-deep mound of soot in the basement apparently cushioned her fall, reported... More »

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Manhattan • accident • survivors • teenager

 Monks Provide Myanmar Relief 

They offer comfort to 2.4 million struggling to survive

May 31, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of Burma’s cyclone, Buddhist monks have become the only source of comfort—both “material” and “spiritual”—for many thousands of homeless and destitute who have been abandoned by the government, the New York Times reports. “Monks are like parents to us. The... More »

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homeless • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • survivors • Cyclone Nargis • emergency aid

Junta Leader Visits Nargis Victims as UN Envoy Arrives

General meets survivors for first time since cyclone hit

May 18, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Burma's junta emerged today for the first time since cyclone Nargis struck two weeks ago to meet with survivors, CNN reports. Gen. Than Shwe visited a refugee camp 200 miles south of Yangon, touching the faces of infant survivors. The visit came as the UN's humanitarian secretary... More »

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United Nations • foreign aid • natural disaster • humanitarian crisis • Myanmar • Burma • survivors • Than Shwe • humanitarian aid • Cyclone Nargis

 Quake Toll Could Top 50K 

China says 20,000 confirmed dead, and at least 25,000 still trapped

May 15, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from China’s devastating earthquake could ultimately top 50,000, Reuters reports. Some 20,000 have been confirmed dead, but Chinese officials fear for tens of thousands trapped under rubble, as rescuers contend with landslides, destroyed roads, and collapsed bridges. But even among those above ground, the... More »

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China • death toll • rescue • survivors • earthquake • disaster • China earthquake

No Survivors in Venezuela Crash

Wreckage of 46-passenger plane found

Feb 22, 08 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Search helicopters today found what was left of the Venezuelan passenger plane that crashed yesterday with 46 people aboard. No survivors were found in the wreckage, which was nestled among the Andes mountains at an altitude of 13,000 feet, the AP reports. The plane crashed into the mountain head-first,... More »

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Venezuela • plane crash • airport • plane • survivors • Andes Mountains • wreckage

Police: War Hero Preys on  Neighbor

Elderly Holocaust survivor swindled, abandoned in Poland

Feb 19, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A Holocaust hero who with his brothers saved 1,200 Jews in one of the largest  armed rescues during World War II is accused of bilking a survivor of about $250,000, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Aron Bell dumped a 93-year-old Catholic survivor at a nursing home in Poland... More »

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Poland • Holocaust • survivors • Palm Beach • hero

Snow-Stranded Couple Rescued After 12 Days

Left will for kid, struck out on snowshoes made of car cushions

Feb 7, 08 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A couple stranded for 12 days in a snowy Utah canyon was finally rescued yesterday as they hiked out wearing snowshoes fashioned from car seat cushions, reports CNN. Thomas and Tamitha Garner had taken a trip to photograph wild horses when their truck broke down. They wrote out a will... More »

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Utah • survivors • snow • stranded • Tamitha Garner • Thomas Garner

9/11 Survivor's Story May Be Tall Tale

Details don't add up in World Trade Center escapee's account

Sep 27, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since September 11, 2001, Tania Head has made a name for herself as one of few people to escape from the upper floors of the World Trade Center, and has devoted much time to organizing survivors' networks and speaking of her experience. But recent inquiries suggest Head may have fabricated... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • survivors

WTC Victims' Families Grieve All Over Again

Remains continue to be found and identified, even 6 years later

Sep 11, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many of those affected by the 9/11 attacks are still burying loved ones as remains are found and slowly identified, making closure hard to achieve, the Boston Globe reports. "How many times are you going to bury somebody?" asks the widow of a man killed in the World Trade... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • September 11 • remains • survivors • forensics

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