Channelview firefighters received assistance from Highlands, Crosby, Sheldon and Harris County during the operation.

Swift water teams from at least five Bucks County fire and rescue companies are involved in the recovery operation.

The unified voice of fire and rescue personnel made the difference in the outcome, said Bill Webb, CFSI executive director.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn immigrant who plunged to his death as FDNY firefighters worked to save him from a fire in his apartment above a Brooklyn bodega fell after the rescue ladder he stepped onto ...