Rescued

verb

1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.

   "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

   "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy."

3. To recover forcibly.
4. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
5. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

   "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."