First, a buck got his antlers caught in a fence in Mount Pleasant this morning. Then, another buck actually fell into the Tidal Basin and had to be rescued by the U.S. Park Police. What's next? more ›

Early this morning, firefighters and emergency crews rescued a man from the top of a crane hanging 150 feet over the 2400 block of 14th Street NW. DCist reader Jessica M. Diaz was on the scene and captured the dramatic rescue in photos, including the ropes, rigging and a basket which was used to safely bring the injured crane operator to the ground around 9 a.m. more ›

The 2400 block of 14th Street NW was the scene of "a very slow and deliberate" rescue operation this morning, after a man was injured on the tip of a crane and was stuck hanging 150 feet in the air. more ›

We linked to some photographs of Fairfax Urban Search and Rescue team members helping with Japanese recovery efforts in this morning's roundup, but this Department of Defense footage of the local rescuers making their way through the Japanese port city of Ofunato, meeting with the mayor of the city and searching through the massive rubble, is incredibly humbling. more ›

We Love DC reports on some more people who leaped onto Metrorail tracks to help a person who had fallen off the platform. A man in a motorized wheelchair slipped onto the tracks at the Anacostia station last night -- but four people quickly sprung into action and, with some help, managed to free him. more ›

Some scaffolding collapsed under a pair of window washers this morning, causing the D.C. fire department to launch a daring high-angle rescue. It happened about 7:30 a.m. at an 11-story building at 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. more ›

From the files of our worst nightmares: ten people, six adults and four children, got trapped inside the elevator at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro station this afternoon, according to D.C. Fire/EMS. The call came in around 2:45 p.m., and units from the high angle rescue team are now on the scene and working to get them out - the elevator is reportedly stuck halfway down the elevator shaft. We'd like to buy all of these folks an ice cream cone once they get out of there. more ›

While we were resting our hangovers yesterday, we missed word via the Examiner that River Road was at last reopened, a full eight days after a massive water main break caused flooding, substantial damage and led to the rescue of 15 people by boat and helicopter. The delay in reopening the road occurred after engineers discovered three cracked pipes that needed to be replaced in addition to the one that caused the flooding. The road is now open to vehicles, but crews are still working in the area and traffic will continue to be delayed for some time while final repairs are made. more ›

Montgomery County Schools have announced that they are closing 2 and 1/2 hours early today due to the very large Bethesda water main break that damaged River Rd. and forced the rescue of 15 people from about a dozen stranded vehicles. The Post reports that school officials closed the campuses because the main break "has caused widespread water outages in schools across the lower part of the county," affecting the availability of water and heat in numerous schools. Students are being bussed home. more ›

Leave it to the D.C. metro area to turn something as normally humdrum as a winter water main break into a dramatic rescue operation. Tune in to News Channel 8/WJLA for the best views of the large water main break near River Road that's forced Montgomery County authorities to send in helicopters and, yes we're not kidding, boats to rescue stranded motorists caught in roughly 4 feet of rushing water due to the broken main. At least twelve people have reportedly already been rescued. more ›