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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Three <keyword id="6380384" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="INMATES">inmates</keyword> in a <keyword id="6385073" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="georgia">Georgia</keyword> jail have been commended for rushing to save one of their guards who passed out and split his head open.</li><li>The incident, which drew attention on social media, has sparked a flurry of donations to the inmates' accounts.</li><li>The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office said the inmates had pounded on their cell doors when they saw the deputy fall — when he awoke, he thought an inmate needed help and released the cell doors to free them.</li><li>The three inmates, Terry Loveless, Walter Whitehead, and Mitchell Smalls, then came to his aid and used his phone and radio to call for help.</li><li>The inmates later said in a video that they knew the guard would have done the same for them, and that they couldn't just leave him bleeding on the ground.</li></ul>Georgia authorities have commended three inmates for their "courage, determination, and kindness" after they rushed to the aid of a guard who passed out and split his head open on the concrete floor.Now, after the incident spread across social media, people across the country have begun sending the inmates money to thank them for their effort.The incident began when the inmates noticed that a guard looked ill while he was working in the jail housing unit, and kept watch while he returned to his desk, then passed out and fell to the floor, according to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/115095842186/posts/10157335333472187/?d=n">statement from the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office</a>.The inmates quickly started pounding on their doors and shouting the guard's name."Soon the entire unit was thundering with noise as many inmates pounded on the doors shouting for our deputy who lay unconscious and heavily bleeding on the floor," the statement said.The deputy eventually became aware of the pounding sound and started to wake up. Fearing that the inmates needed help, he pressed a control panel that opened up the cells' doors and released the inmates, before immediately passing out again, according to the statement.That's when the three inmates rushed to the deputy and started using his phone and radio to call for aid, the sheriff's department said. The deputy is now recovering at home.<h2>One inmate said he 'couldn't just watch a man die out there' </h2><div type="image" title="gwinnett jail inmates" height="1604" width="2874" msid="77272150" hostid="261"></div>The sheriff's office later identified the inmates as Terry Loveless, Walter Whitehead, and Mitchell Smalls. After the story of the inmates' <keyword id="28480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue">rescue</keyword> sparked national attention, the sheriff's office posted a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=308777366977935">video</a> of the men describing why they had come to the deputy's aid."For me, as a Black man, I know there's a lot of scrutiny on police officers and stuff like that. I can't imagine this world without police, so I have great respect for law enforcement and the job that they do," Smalls said. "So, for me, I had to step in. I couldn't just watch a man die out there."Whitehead agreed, adding that the deputy is known for being "very respectful" in the unit."He comes in the unit every night and respects every guy in there and they respect him back," Whitehead said. I couldn't just see him laid in that chair, passed out, I wanted to do everything I could to get out of our cell and to run his aid in, because I know he would do the same for us."Loveless, who has been incarcerated in the jail since 2017, according to jail records, noted that he'd seen deputies rushing to the aid of inmates "numerous" times over the years, so he returned the gesture."When you see them running down the hall, you'd think they were running for their lives, but they're actually running to save a life," he said. "So we didn't do anything for Deputy Hobbs that he would not have done for us, and there's not a doubt in my mind. He's a wonderful man, a good officer, we're thankful for him, and we can't wait for him to get back to work."The sheriff's office wrote on Facebook that jail officials had arranged for the entire unit to have a pizza party after the incident and that the inmates "loved it." the office also said Sheriff Butch Conway has received "numerous inquiries" about how people can add funds to inmates' accounts, and provided a <a href="https://deposits.jailatm.com/webdeposits/?fbclid=IwAR1P8Is7QtOV55g6hn0lg5AN_TMLNEzR9XYo2zzKBclNydLSR3AJaW8TJes">link</a> for sending money online.The sheriff's office said the incident was an example of the mutual respect shared by both the guard and the inmates."Many people have strong opinions about law enforcement officers and criminals, but this incident clearly illustrates the potential goodness found in both," the statement said. "These inmates came to his aid because our deputy, like most law enforcement officers, treats people with the dignity they deserve. These inmates had no obligation whatsoever to render aid to a bleeding, vulnerable deputy, but they didn't hesitate."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/roy-den-hollander-may-have-targeted-enemies-report-says-2020-7">The men's rights lawyer suspected of an attack on Judge Esther Salas and her family may have targeted his 'enemies' after a cancer diagnosis</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-men-charged-with-assault-attempted-lynching-vauhxx-booker-2020-7">2 men in Indiana are facing assault charges after an 'attempted lynching' of a Black man on July 4</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/fahim-saleh-assistant-used-credit-card-after-ceos-death-report-2020-7">The assistant charged with murdering Fahim Saleh used the tech CEO's credit card to buy balloons 2 days later, report says</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/a-woman-charged-with-murder-body-found-on-mcdonalds-roof-2020-7">An 18-year-old New York woman is charged with murder after a man's body was found wrapped in plastic on a McDonald's roof, reports say</a></li></ul>

3 Georgia inmates are being praised for rescuing their guard after he fell unconscious and split his head open

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 121-pound St. Bernard named Daisy was rescued from the summit of Scafell Pike in Lake District National Park in Cumbria, <keyword id="6355981" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="england">England</keyword>, on Friday.</li><li>Scafell Pike is <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wasdale/features/climbing-scafell-pike">England's highest mountain</a>, at 3,208 feet above sea level.</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WasdaleMRT/posts/3620825287936806?__cft__[0]=AZVBRaVoK7MhcPpeGVPDw4NmgYWOWwGkBSam1jhBPkNuoIpwrvDyKv44jz9vZzHVOJIB_UrpVf4wsBQqFDXBa1W2bpwfjzckWALHmRyOqISagXIaiALR1puTO5I6d_tIYhfiV44JHt-fZDZpgZMQVsWFQsqH2WbMeNiGSOBd15XgIQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-RCP-R">The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said in a Facebook post</a> that Daisy had collapsed on the mountain while descending Scafell Pike with her owners.</li><li>Sixteen members of the <keyword id="28480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue">rescue</keyword> team were deployed to the mountain after Cumbria Police received a call from Daisy's owners.</li><li>The rescue team said members "carefully" introduced themselves to Daisy, who was displaying pain in her legs.</li><li>They were able to lift her onto a stretcher and carry her the rest of the way down the mountain — the entire rescue took four hours and 50 minutes to complete.</li><li>The rescue team said they treated Daisy's rescue like they would "a normal adult evacuation," and were supported by West Lakeland Veterinary Group and Galemire Veterinary Hospital.</li><li>They said Daisy, who was adopted by her owners just a few months ago, was back to her "high spirits" one day after the rescue.</li><li>"She apparently feels a bit guilty and slightly embarrassed about letting down the image of her cousins bouncing across the Alpine snows with barrels of brandy around their necks," the rescue team said.</li></ul>The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team shared a video of Daisy's rescue <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPF0agEYIZk&amp;feature=emb_titleitle">on YouTube</a>:The group also shared some photos on Facebook of the rescue:<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/queen-is-coming-tiktok-trend-could-be-harmful-to-cats-2020-7">There's a TikTok trend of picking your cat up like a phone, but animal experts say it could be harmful</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/photo-leopard-and-black-panther-photographed-together-in-rare-moment-2020-7">A leopard and a black panther were photographed together in a rare moment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/stay-underwater-hotel-room-glass-wall-walrus-tank-belgian-zoo-2020-7">You can stay in an underwater hotel room with a glass wall looking into the walrus tank at a Belgian zoo</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shark-drags-10-year-old-boy-off-boat-australia-coast-2020-7">A 10-year-old boy was dragged off a boat by a shark on the Australian coast</a></li></ul>

A 121-pound St. Bernard had to be rescued by a team of 16 from England's tallest mountain after collapsing while on a hike with her owners

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Documentary "<keyword id="12095478" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-rescue" source="Orion">The Rescue</keyword>" use the Thai cave divers who were really there in its reenactments.</li><li>The two-week shoot of the reenactments included challenges like a cave set that was too small.</li></ul>Filmmakers <keyword id="12307065" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elizabeth-chai-vasarhelyi" source="Orion">Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi</keyword> and <keyword id="12307066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jimmy-chin" source="Orion">Jimmy Chin</keyword> were instantly in a dilemma when they decided to take on "The Rescue," their documentary on how the thrilling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/thai-cave-rescue-timeline-how-it-unfolded-2018-7">2018 Thai cave rescue was pulled off</a>.With no footage of what really went on inside the caves during the daring 18 days, how could they show an audience what really transpired to get 12 boys and their soccer coach out of the labyrinth Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the Chiang Rai province of northern Thailand, many of which were completely submerged underwater?They decided to film reenactments. But that can be a blessing or a curse for a documentary.Done effectively, reenactments can be memorable like the HBO hit "McMillions" or the fantastic "Dark Side of the Ring" series on Vice. However, if they come off cheesy and unrealistic - think "Unsolved Mysteries" or ABC's "20/20" - it takes viewers out of the story completely.But Vasarhelyi and Chin quickly realized they had an ace in the hole. The small group of divers - whose lifelong hobby of going into narrow underwater caves was instrumental in the saving of the kids - didn't just want to supervise the reenactments, they were willing to star in them."It had to be them," Chin told Insider of having the real-live divers star in their own reenactments.<div type="image" title="Diver in the water" height="2160" width="3840" msid="86998589" hostid="261"></div><h2>The filmmakers used the Thai cave divers in the reenactments because authenticity was essential</h2>Close to the end of doing their principal interviews for "The Rescue," Vasarhelyi and Chin traveled to the famed Pinewood Studios in the UK. Known as the site where some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters are shot, the doc filmmakers were there to film the crucial reenactments using a cave set submerged in a water tank.Rick Stanton, a retired firefighter; his friend John Volanthen, an IT consultant; and a handful of other cave divers who were involved in the <keyword id="12095480" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="thai-cave-rescue" source="Orion">Thai cave rescue</keyword> brought all their suits and equipment to Pinewood to recount what they actually did.Vasarhelyi and Chin are known best for their death-defying documentaries like the Oscar-winning "<keyword id="12307067" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="free-solo" source="Orion">Free Solo</keyword>," which chronicled Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope. For them, being painstakingly accurate was essential."They were really keyed in that it was authentic," Chin said of the divers' involvement. "When we are going to shoot something climbing and your whole peer group looks at it and is like, 'That's complete B.S.'... How the participants feel about the film is really important to us." <div type="image" title="Cave divers in the water" height="1080" width="1920" msid="86998591" hostid="261"></div><h2>The filmmakers searched around Pinewood Studios for a larger cave set after realizing the one they had wasn't big enough</h2>The two-week shoot was done last October in the midst of the pandemic and included everyone being tested daily and working in pods, making the underwater shoots, which are typically filmed at a snail's pace, being made even slower.And Vasarhelyi and Chin admit the cave set they started with wasn't the best."On a doc budget you can't really afford a realistic-looking cave," Vasarhelyi said with a laugh. "So we had a cave that wasn't big at all."The first week of shooting was so frustrating, Vasarhelyi said the crew began walking around Pinewood to see if there was another cave option."The DP was walking around and he saw a piece of someone else's cave, like from some action movie," Vasarhelyi said."It was triple our size and he was like, 'Let's take that cave' and we got permission to get it," Vasarhelyi continued. "But we didn't know if it could be submerged, if it would disintegrate right when it hit the water. And it's too expensive to just drain tanks when things don't work so it was just a lot of hope it would work and it lasted just long enough for us to use it underwater." Finally, with a proper underwater set, the filmmakers were ready for the final week of shooting. But there was still a nagging anxiety about the reenactments."We didn't think it was going to work," Chin admitted.<div type="image" title="Cave diver in an underwater cave" height="2160" width="3840" msid="86998593" hostid="261"></div><h2>'We were worried we were going too far with the dramatics'</h2>As the divers reenacted their remarkable rescue for the cameras, both Vasarhelyi and Chin were concerned what they were filming was going the way of bad "Unsolved Mysteries" reenactment footage.The water was so dirty (bits of broccoli were put in the tank to make it look like the murky water in the cave) that the directors were concerned audiences wouldn't see closeup shots of the divers with their masks on underwater. And then there was reenacting the rescues."We were worried we were going too far with the dramatics," Chin said.Particularly, they were worried about the first rescue Stanton and Volanthen make before even finding the kids. They encounter a group of scared men who were trying to pump the water out of the caves and got trapped. The reenactment footage shows the men flailing wildly underwater as Stanton and Volanthen get them out of the caves."I was like, 'But is this over the top?'" Chin recalled asking Stanton and Volanthen after shooting the scene at Pinewood. "They were like, 'Not at all.' It turns out that rescue was a full-on wrestling match because the men thought they were going to die."<div type="image" title="Jimmy Chin in a grey shirt and hat, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi in a jacket and blue hat" height="2124" width="2832" msid="86998595" hostid="261"></div>Chin said he and Vasarhelyi became less anxious about the reenactments as shooting progressed and Stanton and Volanthen talked them through it.The result is <a href="https://www.insider.com/review-the-rescue-2018-thai-cave-rescue-documentary-is-masterful-2021-9">some of the best reenactment footage you will ever see</a>. With the mixture of the actual cave divers in the scenes and the footage having a look that feels more realistic than Hollywood gloss, it's hard at times to tell the archival footage from the reenactments."There were things that you can't understand until you see it, like binding the children's hands behind their backs," Vasarhelyi said, referring to how cave diver Dr. Richard Harris, an Australian anesthetist, injected each child with a mixture of Xanax, Ketamine, and Atropine so they could calmly be transported out of the caves (which was a two-and-a-half-hour process)."There's a gravity of that when you finally see it," Vasarhelyi added.

How 'The Rescue' directors made reenactment scenes featuring the Thai cave divers who were really there

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Friday, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-election-results">Insider and Decision Desk HQ</a> projected that President-elect Joe <keyword id="60973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Biden">Biden</keyword> won the 2020 presidential race.</li><li>The victory marks many historic firsts, including some firsts for presidential pets.</li><li>The Bidens' <keyword id="8312" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dog">dog</keyword>, Major, will be the first <keyword id="2302939" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue-dog">rescue dog</keyword> from an <keyword id="6486710" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="animal-shelter">animal shelter</keyword> to live in the White House. </li><li>But Major will not be the first <keyword id="28480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue">rescue</keyword> dog to live in the White House. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson's dog, Yuki, earned that title in 1967.</li></ul>The White House will welcome two wagging tails this upcoming January.The Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, was projected on Friday to win the 2020 presidential race by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-election-results">Insider and Decision Desk HQ</a>. On Saturday morning, other <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-kamala-harris-presidency-called-media-outlets-election-2020-11">major news outlets declared Biden's victory</a>.After Biden's inauguration, the White House will be home to a new family: the Bidens', which includes two furry members, Champ and Major, the family's German shepherds.Major, who was rescued from an animal shelter in 2018, has been gaining attention from <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlets and social media as "the first rescue dog to live in the White House."But former President Lyndon B. Johnson's dog, Yuki, was actually the first.Instead, Major will earn the title as the first <keyword id="10069670" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shelter-dog">shelter dog</keyword> to live in at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. <div type="image" title="lyndon b johnson dog yuki" height="820" width="1093" msid="79138618" hostid="261"></div><h2>Lyndon B. Johnson and Abraham Lincoln both had rescue animals</h2>Johnson had a handful of dogs throughout the course of his time living at the White House. Among those pets was Yuki, a terrier mix. Johnson's daughter, Luci, found and rescued Yuki at a Texas gas station after his owner abandoned him in 1966, according to the <a href="http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/yuki/">Presidential Pet Museum</a>.Yuki and Johnson quickly formed a tight bond, and according to the <a href="http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/yuki/">Presidential Pet Museum</a>, Yuki was Johnson's favorite <keyword id="6360916" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pet">pet</keyword>. On Johnson's birthday in 1967, Luci officially gifted Yuki to Johnson, according to <a href="http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/quick-facts/lyndon-baines-johnson-dogs.html">The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library</a>.The duo could be spotted all across the White House. Johnson would bring Yuki to cabinet meetings, and they were seen swimming and howling together.<div type="image" title="lyndon b johnson dog yuki" height="810" width="1080" msid="79138620" hostid="261"></div>Former President Abraham Lincoln reportedly had a rescue dog, however, history isn't clear on how Lincoln and the dog, Fido, met. But Fido, a yellow mixed-breed dog, never lived in the White House, according to the <a href="http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/abraham-lincolns-fido/">Presidential Pet Museum</a>.Fido was scared of crowds and loud noises, so Lincoln and his wife decided Fido would be happier with another family in another home. <h2>Major will be the first animal shelter dog to live in the White House</h2>While Major won't earn the title for the first rescue dog, he will earn the title as the first shelter dog in the White House.According to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/09/biden-dog-major-champ/">The Washington Post</a>, the Biden family had planned to adopt a second puppy while Biden was vice president. That way Champ would have a playmate while he was living at One Observatory Circle, the vice-presidential residence. But that didn't happen, and it took nearly a decade for the family to <a href="https://www.insider.com/adopt-dog-shelter-tips-2018-10">adopt another dog</a>. In 2018, Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, saw a social media post from the Delaware Humane Society about a litter of German shepherd pups that needed temporary housing, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/09/biden-dog-major-champ/">The Washington Post</a>.The Bidens' fostered one of the puppies, and after eight months, Major became a permanent member of the family.In November 2018, the family officially adopted Major from the animal shelter shortly before Biden announced his campaign for the presidency. Major, who is now 2 years old, and Champ currently live together. Soon, they'll travel to DC and keep the White House staff company. <h2>The pups join a long list of presidential pets<div type="image" title="obama dog bo" height="894" width="1191" msid="79138628" hostid="261"></div></h2>Following the January inauguration, Champ and Major will move into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.But they won't be the most unusual animals to have lived in the home. From farm animals to tigers and alligators, the White House has welcomed some odd pets.President John Quincy Adams kept an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-presidential-pets-include-alligator-tiger-cub-dog-named-satan-2019-12">alligator in a bathtub</a> at one point during his presidency, and President Martin van Buren fought to keep <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-presidential-pets-include-alligator-tiger-cub-dog-named-satan-2019-12">two tiger cubs</a>.Dogs, like Major and Champ, are the most common pet for a president to own. But for the last four years, the White House has remained pet-less.President Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years to not own pets, and Biden took advantage of the tagline, "Let's put a dog back in the White House" throughout his campaign.Come January, two wagging tails, four new paws, and barks will fill the historic home.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-people-celebrate-president-elect-joe-biden-in-us-2020-11">Photos show Americans taking to the streets in celebration of President-elect Joe Biden's victory</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-presidents-dogs-2018-8">25 photos of some of the most adorable and well-known dogs to live in the White House</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-presidential-pets-include-alligator-tiger-cub-dog-named-satan-2019-12">An alligator, tiger cubs, and a dog named Satan — these are the weirdest presidential pets in history</a></li></ul>

Actually, the Bidens' pup won't be the first rescue dog in the White House

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Workers pulled out the 5-year-old Moroccan boy who fell down a 100-foot well on Saturday evening.</li><li>But the Moroccan royal palace announced shortly afterward that the boy had died.</li></ul>The 5-year-old boy who fell 100 feet down a well, prompting a <a href="https://www.insider.com/morocco-boy-stuck-in-well-rescuers-digging-for-days-2022-2">grueling four-day rescue effort</a>, has died, according to the Moroccan royal palace.A statement published Saturday said the king had spoken with the parents of the boy, Rayan Oram, and expressed his condolences, according to the Associated Press.The daring <keyword id="11893489" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue" source="Orion">rescue</keyword> attempt drew international headlines and captivated social media users, who used the hashtag #SaveRayan to cheer on efforts to save the little boy. Thousands watched livestreams of the ongoing rescue and crowds of spectators gathered near the well in the village of Ighran, in <keyword id="12441106" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="morocco" source="Orion">Morocco</keyword>'s Chefchaouen province. The rescue was complicated by fears of a landslide and collapsing soil. Workers were unable to safely pull the boy out or expand the opening of the well, and instead dug out a massive trench parallel to the well, then tunneled horizontally to reach Rayan. Footage and photos from the scene showed bulldozers and workers surrounding the scene, as intense floodlights lit up the cavern.Rayan's condition was unclear throughout much of the rescue effort. Workers lowered water, food, and oxygen to the boy, and on Thursday, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFR284i3sGI">footage from a camera lowered into the well</a> showed the bloodied child breathing and moving.As the days went on, authorities eventually stopped providing updates on his condition.<div type="image" title="moroccan well rescue" height="581" width="965" msid="89379714" hostid="261"></div>"It is not possible to determine the child's condition at all," chief rescuer Abdelhadi Temrani told reporters earlier on Saturday, according to the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/02/05/1078502767/morocco-boy-well-trapped">Associated Press</a>. "But we hope to God that the child is alive."That same evening, rescuers finally reached Rayan and successfully pulled him out, prompting cheers from the onlookers who had gathered at the scene. Though it wasn't immediately clear whether he was alive, the boy was carried to an ambulance immediately.Soon after the rescue, the Moroccan royal palace issued a statement announcing the boy's death.Moroccan King Mohammed VI "confirmed that he had been following the developments of this tragic accident closely, and had issued instructions to all the concerned authorities to take the necessary measures and make the utmost effort to save the life of the deceased," the statement said, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/world/africa/morocco-boy-well.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">according to The New York Times</a>.The statement added that "it was God Almighty's will."Rayan's father told local media he had been working on the well when his son fell into it on Tuesday but initially hadn't realized where his son had gone. Rayan's family, neighbors, and local rescuers had searched the area fruitlessly before realizing the boy had tumbled down the well.Rayan's fall occurred "that one moment I took my eyes off of him," the father said, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60275177">according to the BBC</a>."I haven't slept a wink," he added.

The 5-year-old boy who spent 4 days trapped at the bottom of a 100-foot well has died, Moroccan authorities said

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A volunteer with five years of experience was bitten by a tiger at <keyword id="9130931" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="carole-baskin">Carole Baskin</keyword>'s <keyword id="6961656" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Cat-Rescue">Big Cat Rescue</keyword> on Thursday morning.</li><li>In a Facebook post, Big Cat Rescue said the incident occurred when Candy Couser went to unclip a "guillotine tunnel door" while feeding the animal — which is against Big Cat Rescue's protocols.</li><li>Big Cat Rescue added that the tiger grabbed Couser's arm and "nearly tore it off at the shoulder," though the volunteer said she didn't want the animal "to come to any harm for this mistake."</li><li>Baskin, who became famous after the release of Netflix's "<keyword id="6757458" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiger-king">Tiger King</keyword>" series, previously told Insider that Big Cat Rescue works with a large group of volunteers, though she added that they go through extensive training and "never" receive keys to animal enclosures.</li></ul>A volunteer was left with a serious injury after being bitten by a tiger at <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/carole-baskin">Carole Baskin's</a> Big Cat Rescue on Thursday morning.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bigcatrescue/posts/10157630627996957">In a Facebook post</a>, Big Cat Rescue said five-year volunteer Candy Couser was about to feed a tiger named Kimba when she noticed that he was "locked in a section" away from where he's usually fed.She then opened a "guillotine tunnel door" that was clipped shut - which Big Cat Rescue described as its "universal signal NOT to open a gate without the coordinator coming to assist.""Candy said she just wasn't thinking when she reached in to unclip it," Big Cat Rescue wrote. "It is against our protocols for anyone to stick any part of their body into a cage with a cat in it. Kimba grabbed her arm and nearly tore it off at the shoulder."Insider received an audio recording from Carole Baskin, taken during Big Cat Rescue's meeting after the incident, that verified the contents of its Facebook post.Big Cat Rescue went on to say that a staff member named Jane "heard the commotion and came running," which led Kimba to loosen his grip and allow Couser to "fall away from the side of the tunnel." Another staff member named Gina, who is a nurse, "held off the artery under Candy's armpit to stop the bleeding" while a staff member named Marc "used his belt as a tourniquet." Others called for an ambulance, Gina packed the arm in ice packs "to try and save it," and the ambulance arrived "within 15 to 20 minutes of the accident," according to the Facebook post."Candy was still conscious and insisted that she did not want Kimba Tiger to come to any harm for this mistake," the group wrote. "He is being placed in quarantine for the next 30 days as a precaution, but was just acting normal due to the presence of food and the opportunity."Big Cat Rescue added that grief counseling is available "for those who have been impacted by this tragic event." The organization also said that Baskin reminded all staff and volunteers that "this sort of tragedy can happen in the blink of an eye and that we cannot relax our guard for a second around these dangerous <keyword id="6365706" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="cats">cats</keyword>."The group ended its post by saying: "The fact that, despite our intense safety protocols and excellent record of safety, an injury like this can occur just confirms the inherent danger in dealing with these <keyword id="6371668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="animals">animals</keyword> and why we need the Big Cat Public Safety Act to eliminate having them untracked in backyards around the country and ending up in sanctuaries where wonderful people like Candy Couser have committed themselves to providing care for those discarded by the pay to play industry."<h2>Big Cat Rescue rose to fame in March after the release of Netflix's 'Tiger King' docuseries</h2><a href="https://bigcatrescue.org/contact-bcr/">The organization describes itself online</a> as "one of the largest accredited sanctuaries in the world dedicated to abused and abandoned big cats." It's home to more than 50 cats of varying species, all of which were rescued from being "abandoned, abused, orphaned, turned into fur coats," or "retired from performing acts." The rescue began in 1992.Though Baskin has become the face of the sanctuary, she also works with unpaid volunteers.According to Baskin, those who wish to volunteer at Big Cat Rescue must first pass 50 courses from <a href="https://zoocollege.com/">Zoo College</a>, an online school, <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-volunteer-big-cat-rescue-carole-baskin-2020-6">as she told Insider in June</a>. From there, they're required to "observe expert keepers doing a task six times," and then later "be observed by an expert keeper while they perform the task six times.""No one who has actually trained here as a volunteer or intern would ever say they weren't thoroughly trained and managed," Baskin said at the time. "At many zoos, a person can be hired to care for big cats and within a week, with no formal training in caring for big cats, have the keys to the cages. <a href="https://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20060824/news/608147669/LL">Enshala the tiger</a>, who was accidentally set free and then shot to death at the Lowry Park Zoo, was just one sad example.""At Big Cat Rescue, a person works with the smaller cats, like 25-pound bobcats to 40-pound lynx, for two years before they can ever even be within three feet of the outside of a big cat's cage, and they never get the keys," she continued.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-volunteer-big-cat-rescue-carole-baskin-2020-6">Carole Baskin addresses criticism over having unpaid volunteers, and says it could not 'be further from the truth' that they are unskilled</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/joe-exotic-jeff-lowe-respond-carole-baskin-tiger-king-zoo-2020-6">Joe Exotic and Jeff Lowe respond to Carole Baskin gaining control of the 'Tiger King' zoo: 'Without our efforts, it is well known that Carole would no longer be here'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/carole-baskin-big-cat-rescue-pandemic-2020-6">Carole Baskin says she had to let go of half of Big Cat Rescue's paid staff while she and her husband aren't taking paychecks</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/carole-baskin-says-big-cat-rescue-might-not-open-again-2020-6">Carole Baskin says she's not sure if Big Cat Rescue will open to the public again after 'Tiger King'</a></li></ul>

A volunteer at Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue was left seriously injured after being bitten by a tiger

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A rescued <keyword id="1939369" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mule">mule</keyword> in Sussex, England, was stabbed in the face in a random attack.</li><li>According to the BBC, the animal had just learned to trust humans after 20 years of neglect.</li></ul>Tommy, an old rescued mule at the Undercliff Pony Rescue in Rye, England, was stabbed in the face during a random attack on Monday.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-58175574">According to the BBC,</a> the twenty-year-old mule had been recovering at the center for two years and had just started to trust humans after years of neglect and abuse that he suffered before being rescued.The rescue clinic's owner, Sharon Baker, told the BBC that after the attack Tommy had a hole in his cheek, and lost several teeth. "We can heal the wound, but it's the mental scars that's going to take a long time," she told BBC."This person does need to be caught and brought to book over it," she added.Local police are reportedly investigating the incident and a resident has put up a £1,000 ($1,386.70) reward for information leading to the arrest of the attacker.Baker said that Tommy's "trust in humans was zero," when he was checked in to the rescue clinic. "It's only been the last six months that he's actually allowed you to touch him."Tommy reportedly began to accept carrots from passersby over the last six months, showing a promising level of trust. And Baker believes that unfortunately, someone abused that newfound trust."Somebody has enticed him over to the fence and thought it would be funny to stab him in the face," she told BBC.While it is still unclear what the motive was, the rescue center is raising funds to pay for Tommy's treatment and to install CCTV cameras near the site of the attack.

A rescued mule in England who had just learned to trust humans and accept carrots after years of neglect was stabbed in the face

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kaavan, the "world's loneliest elephant," had been in captivity in Pakistan for 35 years until he was rescued over the weekend.</li><li>He was brought to an animal sanctuary in Cambodia where he will be able to interact with other <keyword id="37736" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="elephants">elephants</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="32119" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cher">Cher</keyword> was part of Kaavan's <keyword id="28480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="rescue">rescue</keyword> team, and sang him the song "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes."</li></ul>Cher helped rescue a 36-year-old overweight elephant who has spent much of his life in captivity, and was part of a team who brought him to a sanctuary in Cambodia.Kaavan, dubbed the "world's loneliest elephant" after his partner died in 2012, had been in captivity in Pakistan for 35 years until he was rescued over the weekend.The elephant — Pakistan's only Asian elephant — had been a gift to the country from Sri Lanka, <a href="https://www.four-paws.org/our-stories/press-releases/president-and-first-lady-of-pakistan-bid-farewell-to-elephant-kaavan">according to the welfare organization Four Paws.</a>Earlier this year, the zoo Kaavan was living in was closed down and Islamabad's High Court approved Four Paws' request to move the elephant to a sanctuary in Siem Reap, Cambodia.<div type="image" title="Elephant Kaavan stands under the cover of its shed behind a fence at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad on May 22, 2020." height="1667" width="2500" msid="79501149" hostid="261"></div>Cher has pushed for Kaavan's relocation for years, and was at his side when he was moved on Monday. She even sang him the song "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cher-pakistan-elephant-kaavan-intl-hnk-scli/index.html">CNN reported</a>."I am so proud he is here," Cher told AFP. "He's going to be really happy here."According to a statement from the Smithsonian Channel to CNN, which is making a documentary about Kaavan, Cher first learned about the elephant through Twitter."I thought, 'how can I fix this? How can I save an elephant who's been shackled to a shed for 17 years and who is a thousand miles away?'" Cher said. <div type="image" title="US pop singer Cher (R) looks on as the crate containing Kaavan the Asian elephant is brought into the Kulen Prom Tep Wildlife Sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey Province on November 30, 2020, after he was welcomed by the superstar earlier in the day in Siem Reap upon his arrival from Pakistan." height="1667" width="2500" msid="79501151" hostid="261"></div>A team of veterinarians from Four Paws spent months preparing Kaavan for the trip to Cambodia, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/cher-greets-worlds-loneliest-elephant-in-cambodia">but told the Guardian</a> that it was largely an uneventful seven-hour plane ride."Kaavan was eating, was not stressed — he was even a little bit sleeping, standing, leaning at the crate wall," Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from Four Paws, told The Guardian.There are 600 other elephants at the sanctuary where Kaavan will be staying, the Guardian reported.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-retired-man-saves-puppy-from-alligator-florida-pond-2020-11">A retired man leapt into a pond and wrestled his puppy from the jaws of an alligator, and the dramatic incident was captured on camera</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ja-morant-baby-giraffe-ja-raffe-memphis-zoo-2020-11">The Memphis Zoo named its baby giraffe 'Ja Raffe' in honor of Grizzlies star Ja Morant, and the star NBA player was pumped</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/national-zoo-naming-baby-giant-panda-votes-2020-11">The National Zoo needs help naming their 12-week-old giant panda cub</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/attempt-blow-up-dead-whale-went-horribly-wrong-2020-11">It's been 50 years since Oregon officials tried to blow up a dead whale and accidentally covered a town with blubber</a></li></ul>

Cher helped rescue the 'world's loneliest elephant' from captivity and brought him to a sanctuary in Cambodia

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The roughly 100 members of the <keyword id="6355946" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="fbi">FBI</keyword>'s <keyword id="6722097" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hostage-Rescue-Team">Hostage Rescue Team</keyword> are the Tier 1 operators in the federal law-enforcement community.</li><li>They have a lot in common with the military's best special-operations forces, but their status as civilian law enforcement mean there are important differences in what they can do.</li></ul>The FBI's <keyword id="898757" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hostage-Rescue">Hostage Rescue</keyword> Team (HRT) is the Tier 1 law-enforcement special-operations unit and the go-to choice for domestic counterterrorism and hostage rescue.The HRT is the law-enforcement equivalent of the military's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/legendary-leaders-who-transformed-us-military-special-operations-units-2020-11" target="_top">Delta Force</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/seal-team-6-parachute-skills-distinct-among-special-operations-units-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEAL Team 6</a> and has the authority to conduct operations overseas.The unit's roughly 100 operators are divided into two teams (Gold and Blue) that contain assault and sniper teams and train for a range of contingencies, including rescuing hostages, counterterrorism, executing warrants on high-threat suspects, and aircraft and ship hijackings.The HRT uses specialized vehicles and platforms to support its operations. A small fleet of helicopters and boats ensures HRT operators can operate in any environment, but they also often train with military special-operations units that specialize in inserting commandos, such as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-armys-160-soar-night-stalkers-special-operations-pilots-2020-10" target="_top">the Army's Night Stalkers</a>.In a nutshell, the main difference between the HRT and its military counterparts, who are barred from deploying in the US, are rules of engagement and area of responsibilities.<h2>Creation and role</h2><div type="image" title="FBI Hostage Rescue Team" height="560" width="840" msid="79769453" hostid="261"></div>The HRT was created in 1982 by Danny Coulson, a visionary special agent. It was certified in 1983 and deployed for the first time a year later at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.When the Bureau decided to create a dedicated hostage-rescue unit, it turned to the best for help. <keyword id="621779" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Delta-Force">Delta Force</keyword>, SEAL Team 6, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-non-us-special-operations-forces-from-around-the-world-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British Special Air Service (SAS)</a> operators were pivotal in the HRT's early days.At first, the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/legendary-leaders-who-transformed-us-military-special-operations-units-2020-11" target="_top">recently created Delta Force</a> and SEAL Team 6 were eager to share a piece of the pie but soon had to back off due to the HRT's different rules of engagement. For example, as federal agents, HRT operators must submit their weapons for forensic analysis after an operation that involves casualties.Over 200 field agents applied for the initial 50 spots in HRT, including several Marines and soldiers and four Navy SEALs, among them Tom Norris, a one-eyed Medal of Honor recipient. Several had seen combat in Vietnam.In the HRT's early days, operators served part-time in the unit and continued their regular special-agent duties. However, as the HRT's importance grew, a HRT assignment became a full-time job.<h2>'To save lives'</h2><div type="image" title="FBI Hostage Rescue Team close-quarters battle" height="459" width="840" msid="79769455" hostid="261"></div>The HRT's initial operational years were a mixed bag.The unit had a string of success. In Utah in 1988, HRT operators helped resolve a standoff; in Virginia in 1988, an HRT sniper took down a man who was holding his girlfriend and son hostage as he was about to kill the woman. In Alabama in 1992, the HRT rescued 10 prison guards who had been taken hostage by over 100 Cuban inmates.But debacles at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 and Waco, Texas, in 1993 put the unit in the limelight for the wrong reasons. As a result, the HRT was reorganized and doubled in size. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks took the unit to a whole different level.The HRT had previously worked with the military's Joint <keyword id="637658" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="special-operations">Special Operations</keyword> Command (JSOC) to hunt war criminals in the Balkans, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq saw HRT operators augmenting Tier 1 military units on raids, helping with forensics.In 2011, when SEAL Team 6's Gold Squadron attempted to rescue four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates, the HRT was there. One operator helped during the negotiations, and another went in with the SEALs after the pirates killed the hostages. When US intelligence tracked one of the conspirators in Somalia, two HRT operators brought him back to face justice.HRT operators also helped Delta Force take down Ahmed Abu Khattala, suspected of participating in the deadly attacks on US facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2014.Domestically, the unit conducted successful hostage rescues in Alabama in 2013 and Atlanta in 2014. It also participated in the hunt for the Boston Marathon bomber in 2013.<h2>Selection and training</h2><div type="image" title="FBI HRT selectees" height="621" width="840" msid="79769457" hostid="261"></div>FBI special agents must have served two to three years in a field office in order to join HRT. Both men and women can apply.To become an operator, applicants must pass a grueling two-week selection and then an eight-month operator training course similar to SEAL Team 6's Green Team and Delta Force's operator training course.During selection, candidates are pushed to their physical and mental limits, undergoing repeated stressful events and little sleep. On the first day alone, they must complete the basic fitness test that includes a run, swim, pull-ups, push-ups, and climbing stairs while wearing a 55-pound vest and carrying a 35-pound battering ram.But top physical fitness isn't the only thing instructors are looking for.Top-notch marksmanship, teamwork, and a cool head during arrest scenarios are also a must. Throughout the selection, candidates get no feedback; they don't know if they're doing well or not, which adds to their stress. More than 50% don't make it.<div type="image" title="FBI Hostage Rescue Team" height="563" width="840" msid="79769459" hostid="261"></div>Candidates are also weeded out during the operator training course, which includes training in intense close-quarters battle, free-fall and scuba diving, and fast-roping, among other skill sets. Many of the candidates come from the special-operations community. Former Navy SEALs, Delta Force operators and Rangers from the Army, and Air Force Commandos are just some of those recruited by the Bureau.New operators remain on probation for a year as they receive additional advanced training and specialize in specific jobs, such as communicators, breachers, or medics.In addition, HRT operators are trained in a variety of environments, including Arctic, urban, and maritime, and learn several infiltration methods, such as free-fall parachuting and scuba diving.Like its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weapons-gear-used-by-us-military-special-operations-delta-seals-2020-10" target="_top">military counterparts</a>, the HRT's training is as realistic as it can get, often replicating real-world cases. As a result, at least four operators have been killed in accidents during training exercises.Since its inception in 1983, fewer than 400 special agents have served in the HRT. During that time, the unit has conducted close to 1,000 successful operations both in the US and abroad.Stavros Atlamazoglou is a defense journalist specializing in special operations, a Hellenic Army veteran (National Service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate.

Meet the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team: the law-enforcement equivalent of Delta Force

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In the early 1980s, the recently formed <keyword id="12135323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="delta-force" source="Orion">Delta Force</keyword> participated in its first hostage-rescue operation.</li></ul>In the early 1980s, when most Americans didn't even know about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-tough-selection-process-to-join-army-delta-force-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the highly secretive Delta Force</a>, the elite counterterrorism unit participated in its first hostage-rescue operation — although indirectly.When a group of self-described "rebels" captured two American missionaries and three other Westerners in <keyword id="12385170" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sudan" source="Orion">Sudan</keyword>, Delta Force deployed.Despite having been trained for exactly that sort of contingency, Delta Force sent a team of advisers to advise and assist their Sudanese counterparts who would conduct the operation.<h2>Delta Force: America's 911</h2><div type="image" title="Delta Force graduates 1978" height="638" width="850" msid="87742058" hostid="261"></div>Created in the late 1970s <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/legendary-leaders-who-transformed-us-military-special-operations-units-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the model of the famed British Special Air Service</a> (SAS), Delta Force — and later SEAL Team 6 — was a response to emergence <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">international</keyword> terrorism following the Black September attacks against the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.Part of the Joint <keyword id="11969080" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="special-operations" source="Orion">Special Operations</keyword> Command (JSOC), Delta Force is the Army's premier direct-action special-missions unit.Alongside Naval Special Warfare Development Group, as SEAL Team 6 is now known, Delta Force specializes in hostage-rescue and counterterrorism, in addition to several other mission sets, such as strategic reconnaissance or operational preparation of the battlefield.The new unit's first test came during the attempt to rescue the American hostages held <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-failed-iran-hostage-rescue-raid-influenced-us-special-forces-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Tehran during Operation Eagle Claw in 1980</a>. Although that operation was a failure, Delta Force sharpened its skills and waited for the call.<h2><keyword id="12546151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hostage-rescue" source="Orion">Hostage rescue</keyword> in Sudan</h2><div type="image" title="Sudanese soldiers training with Iraqi military" height="1319" width="2000" msid="87742060" hostid="261"></div>In July 1983, about 30 bandits, part of the Southern Sudan Liberation Front, took hostage five Western missionaries, including two American citizens. The hostage-takers moved their captives in the jungles of the Boma Plateau in the southeastern corner of what is now <keyword id="12440861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="south-sudan" source="Orion">South Sudan</keyword>.Always on standby for such contingencies, Delta Force spun up for a potential hostage-rescue operation but was quickly told to stand down. The Pentagon explicitly ordered that no Delta Force operators be directly involved in the operation.So instead, two Delta Force operators — an officer and a senior enlisted operator — flew to Africa and joined the Sudanese counterterrorism unit of about 30 operators.The Delta Force operators had trained the Sudanese special operators the previous year. A team of six American commandos and one British SAS operator had gone to the African country and essentially set up a counterterrorism capability for the Sudanese military.The American commandos went from the capital of Khartoum to the city of Juba, close to the area where the hostages and their captors were hidden. In addition to the Delta Force element, the Pentagon deployed a signals team from an intelligence special missions unit to monitor the communications of the hostage-takers.The Pentagon also deployed a Keyhole reconnaissance satellite to take pictures of the bandit's camp. Since the Sudanese were taking the lead on the operation, JSOC and the CIA passed the satellite pictures to them.The Sudanese commandos and their American advisers spent the next two weeks watching the camp and rehearsing their plan.<div type="image" title="US Army Delta Force advisers and Sudanese commandos" height="720" width="960" msid="87742063" hostid="261"></div>The main assault force was composed of 14 Sudanese commandos whose job was to secure the hostages. A machine-gun team would provide support fire, while about 15 operators would secure the perimeter and ensure the terrorists received no outside support during the operation and that none of them escaped during the pandemonium of the battle."When you're going after somebody, you go when there's a high probability he is there, not when you want to go or when it is convenient for you to go. There is an inherent danger in that, but that is the nature of our job," a retired Delta Force operator told Insider.When the time was right, the Sudanese launched a surprise air assault on the camp and managed to rescue all five missionaries unscathed while killing most of the hostage-takers.Following the operation, the five missionaries signed two Bibles and gave them to the two Delta Force operators as a sign of appreciation for their role in the operation.For several years the Sudan hostage rescue was kept under wraps, and it wasn't widely known until former Delta Force operator Eric Haney wrote about it in his memoir, "Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit."Several of Haney's former Delta colleagues <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060424151026/http:/news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBMS7AKVLE.html" target="_top">a</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060424151026/http:/news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBMS7AKVLE.html" target="_top">ccused him</a> of making up events in the book and of embellishing his actions while service with Delta. The 1983 Sudan raid was also detailed in Sean Naylor's 2015 book, "Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command."The operation in Sudan was one of the first for a special-operations unit that views itself as a group of "quiet professionals" who often don't advertise their work or seek public recognition for it. Delta Force's reputation grew, however, prompting several foreign governments and special-operations units to request their help when they encountered an emergency, which still happens today.Delta Force has had a quiet or undisclosed role in many operations since then. During the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Peru in 1996-1997, for example, Delta sent some operators in an advisory role. It <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/05/us/documents-on-waco-point-to-a-close-commando-role.html" target="_top">did the same</a> during the debacle at Waco, Texas, when the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team raided the building of a religious sect after a long standoff in 1993, killing dozens.Stavros Atlamazoglou is a defense journalist specializing in special operations, a Hellenic Army veteran (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate.

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