1.   By the time Italian coast guard vessels arrived to rescue passengers, the captain and crew had slipped away on small launches.

2.   The crowd seized all the weapons stored in the barracks before police arrived to rescue the commander, state radio said.

3.   The crowd seized all the weapons stored in the barracks before police arrived to rescue the commander, state radio reported.

4.   The guards kept the gates locked until Schindler arrived to rescue them from burning.

5.   Firefighters finally arrived to rescue the man, whose dog had plunged through the ice.