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Five construction workers buried in a collapse at a West Bay work site in Roatán were all rescued alive on August 5, with injuries ranging from shoulder and leg fractures to lacerations; one was taken to Hospital Satuyé for treatment.

Firefighters rescued Olga Roxana González, 43, after she fell through a collapsing latrine cover into a 20-foot-deep septic tank in Los Pinos, east of Tegucigalpa; she was taken to Hospital Escuela for evaluation of injuries and exposure to sewage.

A group of swimmers were rescued from the sea after their tour boat sank off the coast of Tela on July 12.

National Police arrested a suspected participant in the kidnapping of a VIP taxi driver who was rescued alive in Santa Bárbara.

Authorities rescued two children in Santa Rosa de Copán who had been sexually abused and neglected by their father.

Firefighters in Yoro used a wooden board to free a 7-year-old boy who became trapped between the cargo box and cab of a pickup truck in El Pantano neighborhood; the cause of the incident and any injuries remain unclear.