Firemen and first responders are used to being called into frantic situations with only seconds to react and form a plan. After all, it os part of the job.
Normally, however, they have an array of tools to help them perform dangerous rescues, yet when firemen arrived at the scene at a park in Nottingham on Sunday morning, nothing could help them get to a Husky puppy who had fallen off a tall wall into a lake and had no way of getting out.
“The owner was in a panic because the dog was in the water. From her point of view it was very distressing because the dog is only five months old,” crew manager Carl Wiggan, from Central Fire Station, said.
By the time the firemen arrived at the scene, the dog had been treading water for over 20 minutes and was clearly exhausted.
The firemen knew they had to get to the dog quickly before it drowned, and did the first thing they could think of. With the help of a passerby, they formed a human chain and dangled one fireman over the wall’s edge. The exhausted dog swam towards the men, and they were able to lift him out by his collar.
“I was actually walking through the same area with my wife last Friday and saw a dog’s body floating down, so it just shows how it could have had a less happy ending,” said Terry Draper, the retired photographer who captured the rescue on camera.
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[Featured image: Terry Draper]
Hero Firemen Form Human Chain To Rescue Trapped Puppy is an article from: LifeDaily