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The Big Black Dog: A True Hurricane Rescue
Amazing true story about human heroes and an exhausted dog pulled from the water but barking like Lassie, he jumped back in to lead them to his people…
May 20, 2018 | TheDogPress.com Vickie Haywood, Dog Sports Editor
A dear friend is an Engineer in a plant in Western NC. The plant owner is very environmental centered. He takes his commitment to the highest level in outfitting each property he owns with the very best equipment to face any disaster. He trains the employees to tackle anything that might come and when possible, sends teams to help in disasters.
Enter Hurricane Harvey. The Swift Water Rescue team was dispatched by air to the Houston area. The water-equipment had been trucked from 5 hours away for their use. Boats, motors, food, water-waders, first aid equipment, etc. The team packed only 0ne change of clothes each and raced to the airplane knowing not what they may face.
Upon landing they were trucked to a staging area near Cedar Bayou where they set right to work, in heavy rain. Rain and more rain - 51 inches of rain!!!
Day one they patrolled flooded streets in a subdivision. Many boats, including the Cajun Navy, were nearby. My friend spotted a big black object swimming toward his boat, eyes LOCKED on my friend’s face...
It was a big black DOG! They hauled him on board, he shook himself off and barked.. and barked.. you know that bark!! Lassie barking “Timmy's in the well!! Timmy's in the well!!" The exhausted dog then jumped back in the water, swam in circles and barked at the rescue crew... everyone on board said FOLLOW THAT DOG.. and they did!
A pretty good swim later, the big black dog presented his owners, flooded out, desperate! They were taken back to the staging area...with the dog, where they stayed until a shelter could be procured. The owners were very worried about the dog as so few shelters were ready yet, and none in that area accepted pets...
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