rescue work

A color-illustrated look at the methods and tools used by the U.S. Search and Rescue Task Force to save lives in the wilderness. Also includes a chronology, glossary, and list of further resources.

Describes rescue techniques and technology used for a variety of disasters, both man-made and natural. Documents rescues from real incidents throughout history and up to the present time.

Explains the skills and techniques used by SAS troopers during hostage rescue operations.

Examines the effects of Hurricane Katrina which hit parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in August of 2005; and contains a number of facts about hurricanes.

Ambrose buys an old, infirm horse to work in the mountains of Alberta. When a storm comes, the horse leads a young boy to safety.

Contains twenty-four articles that present the experiences and opinions of people who were directly involved in or affected by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Looks at the devastation that occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi in August, 2005, as well as parts of Florida, describes how hurricanes form and how the storms are tracked, explains why the city of New Orleans was at particular risk, and discusses the search for survivors and recovery efforts.

Biography of air pilot Amelia Earhart concentrating on her disappearance in the South Pacific and how the United States government withheld information.

Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen white people, and their eventual rescue by a band of paratroopers.