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Dog rescue on Easter
Topic Started: Apr 2 2013, 11:49 AM (94 Views)
Delphi51
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This happens quite often but always amazes me.
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EDMONTON — A Good Samaritan and his dog are being credited with saving two little girls from drowning in the North Saskatchewan River.

The girls, six and nine, were playing Sunday on ice near a foot bridge in Edmonton when they fell into the bone-chilling water.

Rescue authorities say a man who was close by heard their screams for help and pulled one child to safety, then raced with his lab-husky cross named Rocky to find the second youngster.

Rescue spokesman Michael Tucker says the man fell through the ice at one point and had to be rescued by his dog.

Tucker says Rocky then swam to the second child as she was drifting downstream.

“She grabbed onto his leash. The dog pulled her to shore,” Tucker said.

The child was hypothermic when a rescue boat took her to get treatment from waiting paramedics, he said.

“If she was in the water much longer, who knows what could have happened, but an unbelievable story there.”

The girls were examined in hospital and were both fine.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/01/man-celebrates-easter-sunday-by-rescuing-children-from-frigid-alberta-river/
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Darcie
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Whenever I read something like this it really reaffirms to me that a dog is a man's best friend.

His owner is one special person, those little girls are really lucky.
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Dana
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If this happens quite often, there are a lot of smart dogs in Edmonton. biggrin 04 Who knew!
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