The first assist came Monday afternoon, when Wade's microphone went out and James and Bosh, seated on either side of Wade, came to the rescue, handing their microphones over.
Pile workers were also asked to specify tasks they performed on the pile, including firefighting, attempted search and rescue, hand-digging, steel-cutting/torch operation, heavy equipment operation, and light construction.
The Co-operative Group has made headlines over the resignation of its chairman, a film of its former banking head allegedly buying drugs and a rescue deal handing 70% ownership to private investors.
"If someone comes to your house to kill you, the person who helps you first, the person who extends his rescuing hand to you, how would you feel about him?" said Zalina Abayeva, 38, a government worker who was in the crowd welcoming Mr. Luzhkov to Tskhinvali.
For example, if you are rescuing, does the rescue just hand the dog to anyone?
And Mario Sepúlveda, 39, instantly became a media sensation, leading cheers among the rescue workers, handing out rocks to government officials and giving an ebullient interview to Chilean television.
Coming to the rescue — whether handing out money or extending jobless benefits — is the easiest thing for any politician to do.
As I hope for rescue, my hands stroke the sides of my kayak and I hold my breath for what seems an eternity.
Eventually the film was rescued by Hand Made, the company formed by ex-Beatle George Harrison and his American manager, Denis O'Brien, which had already done a similar salvage operation when Monty Python's Life of Brian faced the axe.
One petition was started by the chief executive of Ranch Hand Rescue, a nonprofit farm-animal rescue group in Argyle, Tex.
As they neared Mr. Thompson, the lifeguards saw blood in the water and used a hand-to-hand rescue method to pull him out.
