11.   Would anyone, they wondered, dare attempt a rescue?

12.   A witness said the mother died after attempting a rescue.

13.   Kitchell said the seas were now too rough for a similar rescue to be attempted.

14.   Notimex quoted Marin Landa Herrera, director of the state Judicial Police, as saying authorities would not attempt a rescue.

15.   One by one, three U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews flew into the maw of an arctic storm with hurricane-force winds to attempt a rescue.

16.   Soon after the kidnapping became known court officials were seen preparing trucks mounted with weapons and militiamen to attempt a rescue.

17.   The FARC blames the army for attempting a rescue.

18.   The Coast Guard said it could not locate the ship to attempt rescue.

19.   The government claims it knows where the captives are but has refrained from attempting a rescue because of threats that the kidnappers would kill the hostages.

20.   Three foreign tourists drowned after a wave swept one of them off some rocks at a picturesque beach and the other two attempted a rescue, police said Friday.