The moving photos capture the peril of server weather and also the ingenuity of rescuers, many of whom did not have much specialized equipment with which to save lives.
George Hanlon, foreman of parks in the Department of Parks of the borough of Queens, New York City, with apparatus to rescue people who have fallen through ice while ice skating, 1917. Via/ Library of CongressThe pararescueman is from 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, GA, and is deployed to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina search-and-rescue operations. Via/ Wiki CommonsSnow removal by wagon – record low temperatures and snowfall in the winter of 1899 in Washington, D.C. Via/ Library of CongressPhiladelphia Wilmington bus stalled in the evening snow, 1926. Via/ NOAA ArchivesSteamboat stuck in rough ice being rescued, date unknown. Via/ Missouri History Museum
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