1.   The rescue was launched early Friday with all the trappings of a crack military operation.

2.   But he said the officers backed his team in launching a rescue before the SWAT team arrived.

3.   Despite my fantasies of breaking in and kidnapping Christopher and Stephen, or somehow launching a rescue during these late-night marathons, I went through the system.

4.   The park service launched its rescue, using two helicopters.

5.   Army spokesman Maj. Julieto Ando said government troops were preparing to launch a rescue.

6.   The Philippine army launched the rescue on Friday after U.S. troops used surveillance technology to help pinpoint the Abu Sayyaf captors.

7.   BOC race director Mark Schroder said the cost of not launching the rescue would have been a human life.