Cummins, Joseph

The greatest search and rescue stories e : Twenty-one gripping tales of heroism and - The Lyons Press 2002 - 288 p.

This collection, takes you inside the lives of the premier mountain rescue team in Aspen, Colorado; belts you into the seat of a rescue helicopter; puts you behind enemy lines with LRRPs search for a colleague trapped by the North Vietnamese Army in Cambodia; and brings you into the hearts and minds of New York City police and fire fighters in the desperate hours following the September 11th attacks. Includes the work of well-known authors such as Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down.

9781592284832

Search and rescue operations Airplane crash survival Shipwreck survival