TAMPA Tampa Fire Rescue Lt. Natalie Brown has seen a lot in her 14 years as a firefighter and paramedic. Victims and patients come and go, but she always will remember Willie Robinson, the man impaled on a spike fence. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - A 46-year-old man was hospitalized after he slipped off a roof and fell onto a metal fence post, impaling himself. ...more

January 31, 2008

The choice wasn't easy, but it was a simple one. Either jump in, or the woman clinging to the side of the Howard Frankland Bridge would certainly die. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa police officer jumped into Old Tampa Bay from the Howard Frankland Bridge on Monday night to save a woman who had been clinging to a piling and crying for help. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - Two children were injured this morning when struck by vehicles, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 28, 2008

Six snowmobilers missing in the mountains for 2 1/2 days while a howling blizzard swirled around them were rescued on Monday. They were hungry and cold but unhurt after taking shelter in a cozy cabin and calling 911 on a cell phone when the storm eased. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA - A 36-year-old man was rescued Sunday afternoon after falling off his jet ski, according to a Tampa Fire Rescue spokesman. ...more

December 30, 2007

Rescuers dug through mountains of mud Wednesday in search of survivors from landslides in western Indonesia. Some used bare hands because blocked roads delayed arrival of heavy-lifting equipment. ...more

December 27, 2007

A steel footbridge collapsed Tuesday in western Nepal under the weight of hundreds of people on their way to a fair, plunging scores about 100 feet into icy Himalayan waters. At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 were missing and feared dead, officials said. ...more

December 26, 2007

Sifting through the scorched ruins of his parents' home, Joe Wakefield didn't know Sunday where his family would gather for Christmas. ...more

December 24, 2007