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Sokoto hostage rescue attempt. On 8 March 2012, members of the British military Special Boat Service, supported by members of the Nigerian Army, attempted a rescue mission to rescue British hostage Chris McManus and Italian hostage Franco Lamolinara from Boko Haram, supported by Al Qaeda, in Sokoto in north-west Nigeria.
In 2000, the rescue mission was renamed to its current name, New York City Rescue Mission. The building began expansion for a third floor in 2011. Since its founding, the homeless shelter provided housing for men only. In 2014, the shelter opened to women after 142 years of being male-exclusive. By 2015, 220 beds were available.
Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster is a double launch roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio amusement park in San Antonio, Texas. The roller coaster is designed to emphasize SeaWorld's animal rescue efforts. Opened in 2017, it is the first jet ski roller coaster in North America and would incorporate cars designed as jet skis used by SeaWorld's ...
Mystery implosion, ‘false hope’ rescue and search for blame: Nine looming questions in Titanic sub catastrophe. ... “This is a search and rescue mission, 100 per cent,” Cap Frederick said ...
The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
Operation Surya Hope. Operation Surya Hope was the Indian Army ’s Central Command response to the June 2013 North India floods in Uttarakhand. [1] The Uttarakhand flood was caused by record off-season monsoon rains, cloud burst, floods, flash floods, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which were possibly induced by climate change. [2]
Hope, British Columbia. / 49.38583°N 121.44194°W / 49.38583; -121.44194. Hope is a district municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon.
December 13, 1993. ( 1993-12-13) Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (also known as Flight from Hell) is a 1993 TV movie based on the real-life rescue of the pilot of a Cessna 188. It stars Scott Bakula as Jay Perkins, the pilot of Cessna 30771, and Robert Loggia as Gordon Vette, the Air New Zealand flight 308 pilot who rescues him.