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Stories section is the place where you find Case Reports, editorials, opinions, tales and daily miracles from rescued and rescuers. Ambulance and rescue historical moments, from people who save lives every day.

The nightlife of a US firefighter

The alarm rings at 2.30am and the firefighters at Station 39 Fire Department jump out of bed, scramble into their uniforms and dash to the truck that will carry them to the location of the emergency. For the on-call firefighters of the…

Oklahoma: storm chaser dies

45-year-old Tim Samaras, better known as "the storm chaser" died last week, swallowed by a twister that scooped him up with the power of a 260-kmh wind; the scientist was killed with his 20-year-old son and a friend, Carl Young, who were…

The world's most expensive car crash

What is considered to be the world’s most expensive car crash took place in Japan in December 2011. Well, let’s say that it was expensive in terms of the value of the vehicles involved, as nothing is dearer than the life of a…