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US media reported Friday that American special forces had rescued one of two crew members of a downed F-15, the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

It was announced a few days before Christmas that the security forces had rescued all the remaining pupils and staff who had been taken from St Mary's by gunmen on 21 November.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

It reported that emergency officials had rescued a child trapped beneath debris and transferred him for medical treatment.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

He apologized “unreservedly,” but was still forced to retire as chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Long Island, N.Y., institution he had rescued from the brink of insolvency decades earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Eroeh, the timid girl Dany had rescued outside the mud walls of the Lamb Men, set up a brazier.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin