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Would-be rescuer dangles by one hand before dropping to safety from fourth-floor. He tried dive from window to knock Clinton Phipps into cops' arms, but missed. Phipps threatened to leap. Cop grabs him after he slipped from third floor at 123 W. 133d…

Men saving boaters from a boat that was sinking.

Photograph of a policeman wading in icy water to rescue a duck.

Coming down the inside of a 195-foot chimney on a bosun's chair is George Hill, one of two steeplejacks trapped at the top of the stack Friday morning after the scaffold platform slipped. Pulleys and rope for the rescue were hauled up to the top when…

Picture shows rescue workers with poles searching a lake from boats. A diver is climbing out of the water.

Series of phtographs showing men trying to rescue people after a dock has collapsed. They are using boats, and some men are standing along the edge of the collapsed dock and pulling people from the water.

Series of phtographs showing men trying to rescue people after a dock has collapsed. They are using boats, and some men are standing along the edge of the collapsed dock and pulling people from the water.

Men carry cave-in victim from debris.

Two women kneeling in front of statuettes representing the crucifixion of Christ.

Series of photographs of a Nun and her life and work in a city missionary.