Most of the lifeboats didn't return to rescue people who had plunged into the water. As they rowed away, some lifeboat passengers feared the suction created by the sinking ship would drag them under.

A small boat carrying 57 migrants across the English Channel, including four women and a toddler, has sunk off the coast of ...

Update: Efforts to free a lake freighter ship stuck in ice in the Lake ... Michigan. An ice rescue team was able to reach both people and return them safely to shore, officials said.

A freighter is stuck in the frozen Great Lakes with 17 people aboard as crews rush to ... It remained stuck as of Saturday. The ship wasn't damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said.