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Burning car rescue caught on camera

Sophie Team Observers — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:27:08 +0200

This is the raw footage of a woman and her two young children being rescued from a burning car by off-duty firefighters.

Video filmed by Larry Lepkowski.

The car burst into flames after hitting a tree on Sunday afternoon. The wives of two firefighters called their husbands, off-duty at the time, to the scene. Along with the help of the crowd, they managed to rescue the 32-year-old woman and her son and daughter, aged 4 and 2. The video was filmed by a bystander and posted on YouTube.

Naples collapses under heaps of rubbish

Julien — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:59:00 +0100

As the days crawl by, Neapolitans watch the rubbish pile up outside their doors. . Two thousand tonnes of refuse now fills the city’s streets. Firemen have been on high alert since New Year’s Day when residents started setting fire to the waste. Our Observers in the town describe the situation, and condemn the mafia’s role in the situation.

Wildfires in California: Americans rush to the Internet

Team Observers — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:18:00 +0200

By Team Observers

Since October 21, Southern California has been ravaged by wildfires. In a country where 70% of the inhabitants are connected to the Internet, it is not surprising that amateur videos of the catastrophe are abundant on sites like YouTube and LiveLeak.