1.   And the blustery cold snap that has battered New England over the last two days made the rescue work more difficult.

2.   And, exhausted from days of grueling rescue work, the stress practically coming out of their ears in bursts of steam, the workers took advantage.

3.   Archeologists and divers would then do the main rescue work, first recovering the propeller and engine, then the turret and its guns.

4.   Bell Chairman Terry Stinson is optimistic that tilt-rotors will also be sold to the Coast Guard for rescue work.

5.   By late afternoon Thursday, a spokesman for the Sedgwick County Fire Department said the rescue work appeared to be nearing an end.

6.   Colombian guerrillas are also active in the area, making rescue work dangerous, Morales said.

7.   Colombian guerrillas are active in the area, making rescue work dangerous, said Lilian Morales, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross.

8.   Emergency workers abandoned rescue work on Thursday and instead dug into cement and masonry rubble with pickaxes, metal saws, and jackhammers to remove the dead.

9.   Freezing nighttime temperatures and terrifying aftershocks sent hundreds of thousands of shivering victims and residents into open areas, adding to the chaos of rescue work.

10.   He and three coworkers insisted that they had extensive experience doing rescue work in tunnels and collapsed buildings.