Like all cliff hangers, no matter how bad things get or how last minute the rescue needs to be, things become yet more dire and desperate.

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In Boston, last minute donations came to the rescue.

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Morecambe tried to hit back with long-range efforts from David Perkins and Michael Stringfellow but it was Rigoglioso who came to their rescue with a goal in the last minute of the match to earn the home side a draw.

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Two years later Cerberus was about to give up and liquidate Chrysler when the two governments brought in Fiat and staged a last-minute rescue.

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