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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak, chancellor, has announced a £3bn-a-month package of support for up to 3.8m self-employed workers ...

To combat the risk of drowning, this start-up has developed an inflatable rescue device to improve upon the traditional life buoy. Emily McDaid reports. In a swift-flowing river, an eddy can form ...

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 ...

Many years ago – and for many years – my family made an annual trip to Greenville Maine for a “week away from it all.” As part of the trip, we went on a whitewater rafting adventure down the Kennebec ...