1.   Firefighters rescued the children, who were trapped in an upstairs room.

2.   FIREFIGHTERS rescued a pensioner from an upstairs bedroom after his daughter jumped to safety from their blazing home.

3.   Also in Acton, county firefighters rescued two men from atop their pickup truck, which had floated away in an inundated portion of a street.

4.   At Kure Beach, firefighters rescued a couple who had called for help after the storm sheared off a portion of their roof.

5.   Firefighters rescued Gifford by pulling her through a hole in the wall of her Hilton Hotel room.

6.   Firefighters rescued a woman and two children from a burning house in Flushing, Queens, early Saturday, a spokesman for the Fire Department said.

7.   He added that he believed the two were rescued by firefighters within the building.

8.   Some broke windows and climbed onto the marquee that advertises the club, where they were later rescued by firefighters.

9.   That trapped the heat and made it nearly impossible for firefighters to rescue anyone trapped inside.

10.   People on floors above the street-level nightclub, which features singing by customers, were rescued by firefighters.