WingedCat
03-11-2006, 03:29 PM
From the "Amazing Survivor Files"
A German Shepherd talking a walk with his human friend and one other dog friend found himself in a chilly predicatment.
The German Shepard fell into an icy river channel that feeds Lake Michigan. His human friend, Robert Chavez, couldn't reach the German Shepard and had to leave him in the water while he ran to a nearby home to call 911 for help. When Chavez returned to where he had left his canine companion there was no sign him.
A search by officers from the Public Safety Department and the Coast Guard station didn't turn up the dog either.
At around 9:45 pm a woman reported that she and her friends were walking along the channel's south pier and heard a dog barking.
Officers responded and also heard the barking. The officers surmised the barking was coming from a tunnel beneath the pier, however they were unable to remove 12-inch service cover to gain access to it.
Two hours later a man reported hearing barking. The man removed the cover from a tunnel where the dog was trapped.
Sheriff's Deputy Mike Petroelje used a leash to free the dog, The Muskegon Chronicle reported. The dog was not injured.
Officials said they believe the German shepherd gained access to the tunnel by swimming through a hole created in the channel's seawall when it was rammed by a Mackinaw while the new icebreaker was on a tour of Great Lakes ports.
The Mackinaw's captain was removed from his post after the accident, which also left an 8-foot-by-3-foot dent in the bow of the $90 million ship.
Full story can be found here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030901753.html
A German Shepherd talking a walk with his human friend and one other dog friend found himself in a chilly predicatment.
The German Shepard fell into an icy river channel that feeds Lake Michigan. His human friend, Robert Chavez, couldn't reach the German Shepard and had to leave him in the water while he ran to a nearby home to call 911 for help. When Chavez returned to where he had left his canine companion there was no sign him.
A search by officers from the Public Safety Department and the Coast Guard station didn't turn up the dog either.
At around 9:45 pm a woman reported that she and her friends were walking along the channel's south pier and heard a dog barking.
Officers responded and also heard the barking. The officers surmised the barking was coming from a tunnel beneath the pier, however they were unable to remove 12-inch service cover to gain access to it.
Two hours later a man reported hearing barking. The man removed the cover from a tunnel where the dog was trapped.
Sheriff's Deputy Mike Petroelje used a leash to free the dog, The Muskegon Chronicle reported. The dog was not injured.
Officials said they believe the German shepherd gained access to the tunnel by swimming through a hole created in the channel's seawall when it was rammed by a Mackinaw while the new icebreaker was on a tour of Great Lakes ports.
The Mackinaw's captain was removed from his post after the accident, which also left an 8-foot-by-3-foot dent in the bow of the $90 million ship.
Full story can be found here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030901753.html