In nineteen ninety-four, engineers and government agencies joined to plan a possible rescue of Poplar Island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

The agreement called for the Army engineers to lead the rescue of the island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

To speed rescue efforts, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a robot that would eliminate some of the unknowns of mine rescue operations and arm first responders with the most valuable tool: information.

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Israel is sending an army rescue unit, including engineers, doctors and other medical staff.

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But faster helicopters would be useful, particularly for rescue missions and military operations, so engineers are constantly looking for ways to make them.

ECONOMIST: Chop, chop