David Hunt and Alicia Hewett, two volunteer rescuers from Jacksonville Beach, said that by noon today they had picked up only a loon and a seagull.

It was the site of the Avondale Mine Disaster in 1869, which took the lives of 108 miners and 2 volunteer rescuers.

One volunteer rescuer, Sudip Das, who helped to smash open windows to help patients to safety, said inside the building was dark and full of smoke it was impossible to see.

CCG search and rescue officials first formally recognized volunteer rescuers in 1963.

Eventually, he said, officials relented for two scenes: Mr. Stone was able to film a volunteer rescuer crossing a barricade to get to ground zero.

Meanwhile, the Balakiire's remaining crew worked on coordinating with other teams of volunteer rescuers, in the event it became possible to take a relief mission to Nirii once the Khieevi had been lured away.

The boat pulled up to the living room window on Read Boulevard early Sunday afternoon, and a volunteer rescuer, Stanley Patrick, began yelling: "Mr. Robert!

"In the Mexico City earthquake, 131 of the deaths were volunteer rescuers," said Ms. Spearman.

All that remains, said one volunteer rescuer, is to find the bodies.

Mark Polakoff, a volunteer rescuer, rappelled down the steep cliff, tall boulders all around.