Two Pulled to Safety From Lake Michigan

Two Pulled to Safety From Lake Michigan

By Evanston Police Chicago Tribune – 08/05/2008 What started as a late night swim turned into a dramatic rescue early Sunday after Evanston police pulled two distressed swimmers to safety from the choppy water of Lake Michigan, authorities said. “I was...
Squad Uses Frisbee-Like Gadget In Tubers’ Rescue

Squad Uses Frisbee-Like Gadget In Tubers’ Rescue

By Anna C. Irwin Of the Daily Times Staff If you can throw a Frisbee, you can save a life. Blount County Rescue Squad used the ResQ Disc to prove that last Friday when the hauled two tubers out of Little River in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, then were...
Simple Device Saves 2 Lives After Truck Falls Into River

Simple Device Saves 2 Lives After Truck Falls Into River

STUART NEWS – 12/02/1997 SEWALL’S POINT – Though it took a tractor-trailer towing rig to fish their truck out of the water, the two men whose truck crashed over the edge of the Ernest Lyons Bridge and into the Indian River on Sunday were reeled to...
Frisbee-Like Device Shows Promise As Rescue Equipment

Frisbee-Like Device Shows Promise As Rescue Equipment

TAMPA TRIBUNE – 10/09/1997 CLEARWATER – The Pinellas county Sheriff’s Office has a new piece of life-saving equipment for every deputy. The ResQ Disc™, designed by Dr. Thomas Sytko of St. Petersburg, is designed to help save the lives of potential...
Live Water Rescue Caught on Video

Live Water Rescue Caught on Video

This live action FOX TV News clip shows the rescue of a woman in Pontiac, Illinois using our ResQ Disc™. The woman, in 40 degree water, was carried in the river’s strong current under several bridges. Using various rescue equipment including a standard life ring...