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1) Sully
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully" glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. Includes...
4) The guardian
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aging United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Just prior to this same mission his wife announces that she cannot take anymore. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commander gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position and moves into the school. Once there he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxiii, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Since its founding more than two hundred years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over a million people. On any given day, "Coasties" respond to 125 distress calls and save over a dozen lives. Yet despite having more than 50,000 active-duty and reserve members on every ocean and on our nation's coasts, great lakes, and rivers, most of us know very little about this often neglected but crucial branch of the military.
In Rescue Warriors,...
6) Après vous
Series
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A romantic comedy about a Good Samaritan, a hopeless romantic, and the beautiful woman that comes between them.
7) The promise
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
379 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mallory Hammond is determined not to let her boyfriend, parents, or anyone else get in the way of her goal to save a life. She had that chance when she was a teenager, and the opportunity slipped away, leaving a void she's desperate to fill. Then a new friend she met online offers her the chance she has dreamed of. But she'll have to leave behind everyone she loves to take it"--
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
153 p. : ol. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service
11) Ladder 49
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department under the watchful eye of his mentor Chief Mike Kennedy. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. As Jack reflects on his life - seeing his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, the impact his job has had on his wife and kids - Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save Jack's...
12) Ladder 49
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department under the watchful eye of his mentor Chief Mike Kennedy. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. As Jack reflects on his life - seeing his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, the impact his job has had on his wife and kids - Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save Jack's...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
222 pages : maps, illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1995, a barge carrying a construction crew working on an underwater pipeline were forced to abandon ship in the middle of a hurricane. Nearly all of the hundreds of men were rescued by three nearby tugboats.
18) Madaket Millie
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
After the Coasties close the Madaket Station on Nantucket Island, Millie appoints herself warden, rescue squad, and sentry providing lifesaving services along the coast.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
p. ; cm.
Language
English
Description
When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based.
20) Storm warriors
Author
Publisher
Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Physical Desc
168 p. ; 20 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1895, after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to Pea Island off the coast of North Carolina, where he hopes to join the all-black crew at the nearby lifesaving station, despite his father's objections
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