Orlando firefighters performed a complex rescue, rappelling down a high-rise elevator shaft to save a person trapped between floors in a downtown building. Using a Vortex rope system, the team ...

Firefighters with the Orlando Fire Department performed a daring rescue in downtown Orlando, rappelling down a high-rise building’s elevator shaft to reach a person trapped inside.

Volunteers Mzwandile Mkwayi (R) and Mandla Charles (L) were greeted as heroes after descending the mineshaft This story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing.

The lack of elevator service recently caused her to cancel a doctor’s appointment, Lowery said. “If I fall again, that’s the end of me,” she said. D.C. regulations require buildings with ...

Disturbing videos have emerged showing the dire situation at a disused gold mine in South Africa where scores of illegal miners have reportedly been living underground for months. They have been ...