2015 Event The human trafficking crisis continues in the Mediterranean, as approximately 7,000 migrants are rescued from 34 vessels intercepted over the last few days 2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2015 Event A 37-year-old man from South Carolina is rescued 500 miles from home after 66 days lost at sea; Louis Jordan had been in an antique 35-foot sailboat fishing in the open sea when the boat capsized in a storm, and he survived on fish and rainwater 2015 Event The Ezadeen, an abandoned ship carrying 450 Syrians, is rescued from choppy waters and brought safely to shore in Italy; the ship is the second to be abandoned by human traffickers off the nation's coast in the last four days 2014 Event Two boys in a New York town are rescued early this morning after being inadvertently buried in snow by a snow plow; the plow operator did not see the children as he cleared snow from a parking lot in which they were building a snow fort 2014 Event 174 people have been rescued from a South Korean ferry that capsized off the coast; the ferry was carrying 476 people, mainly students; rescue efforts are ongoing 2014 Event Eleven illegal gold miners are rescued from a collapsed shaft; the remaining men refuse to surface upon learning that the rescued men have been immediately arrested; over 200 miners may still remain in the shaft 2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2010 Event Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapo mining accident is rescued from the mine 2008 Event Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages are rescued from FARC by Colombia 1987 Event Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft 1987 Event An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air 1977 Event Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland 1972 Event 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism 1903 Birthday Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress, Rescued by Rover 1816 Event Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days 1709 Event Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") 1709 Event British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" 1709 Event Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez 1668 Event Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued
