Firefighters lined a Manhattan street on Friday as Ronald Spadafora's flag-draped body was carried out of his funeral on an aluminum stokes basket, like ones used in search-and-rescue missions.

Firefighters placed the victim in what’s known as a Stokes basket or rescue basket and used the ladder to lower him down from the roof to an open area across Frank B. Murray street. He was then ...

In a press conference later Tuesday, fire officials say the woman was loaded into a Stokes basket after they found her on the mountain. But footage shows that as the basket was being lifted to the ...

Firefighters assisted 17 people in walking up the aerial ladder, while another person was loaded into a Stokes basket and carried to safety. Nobody was injured as part of this rescue, which concluded ...