One of the students, Edward Spencer, is credited with rescuing 17 passengers over the course of six hours.

A crane was used to rescue the passengers over First Avenue.

Matchless rescued over 200 survivors and then scuttled Trinidad by torpedoing her.

All told, the three destroyers rescued over 1,000 survivors from the Prince of Wales and Repulse.

The Massey Shaw made three trips to the beaches and rescued over 500 troops.

With the help of the NGOs, the government rescued over 70 trafficking victims.

For example, Zofia Baniecka and her mother rescued over 50 Jews in their home between 1941 and 1944.

In all, the Coast Guard rescued 235 people from over 100 boats across the Gulf of Mexico during the tempest.

Lifeguards at Volusia County Beach rescued almost 150 people along 40 miles of shoreline over the weekend.

It rescued over 1500 stranded school children and provided assistance to countless residents during the emergency.