1.   Four other firefighters who had tried to rescue their colleagues were being treated at different hospitals for smoke inhalation and minor burns.

2.   Yet Ms. Fehmer had such a calming influence on her boss that she was often sought to rescue male colleagues from his tirades.

3.   Police trying to rescue four colleagues held by angry villagers opened fire Thursday, killing three people in central Bangladesh, police and local officials said.

4.   Firefighters rescued several colleagues and carried one man in a wheelchair down seven flights of stairs before his apartment caught fire.

5.   Flames as high as two stories prevented firefighters from rescuing their colleagues.

6.   Navy landing craft brought in hundreds of soldiers and evacuated injured commandos who were sent in earlier to rescue their colleagues at the Mullaittivu base, the officials said.

7.   One student rescued two colleagues but drowned when he tried to save others, Nguyen said.

8.   The citation stated that by rescuing his colleagues and facing the rioters without considering his own interest and safety, Mohd Nosruddin made the ultimate sacrifice.

9.   Then other policemen, also acting without orders, stormed the dormitory to rescue their colleagues, the agency quoted Ansari as saying.

10.   The farmers deny the charges, and claim they were rescuing a colleague barricaded in his home by marauding land occupiers.