Teaching small children how to swim is a rite of summer. But some so-called "self-rescue" swim classes have been condemned by some experts as traumatic events that could affect children long after ...

There wasn’t much Marieta Bialek and Austin Zedak were concerned about. They had just successfully skied their two objectives around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22: Conundrum and Castle Peaks, about ...

ST. LOUIS — May is National Water Safety Month. 5 on Your Side spent the day with an instructor who specializes in teaching some of the Lou’s little ones self-rescue tools in the water. Christie ...

When it comes to just plain “cool” firefighter training exercises, self-rescue has to be at the top of the list. The use of rescue rope and descent control devices (DCDs) is definitely a growing trend ...

Four of the gold miners trapped in a flooded cave in Laos "self-rescued" on Saturday, lead rescue diver Mikko Paasi told CBS News. Their escape from the cave came one day after a fifth miner was ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - More Portlanders are speaking out over public safety and what they say is a poor response from local officials in confronting homelessness. On Thursday, dozens of concerned ...

CHARLOTTE — It is not uncommon for people to want to help out as much as they can after Tropical Storm Helene devastated western North Carolina, but without coordination involving the right people, ...