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NEW YORK CITY — Not enough can be said about the heroic individuals, both bipeds and quadrupeds, who lended their abilities to the security and rescue efforts in the wake of 9/11. The special also showed how search-and-rescue dogs, many of whom are rescued from shelters, get trained to do their jobs. We’re reminded that these indefatigable multi-sensory trackers are just big puppies underneath it all—like the saying goes: “Cold nose, warm heart.”.
in my room because I forget he's not there.
Workers I wonder how these pooches are doing. "He was my partner," Lim said. Thirty-seven of the officers worked for the Port Authority, which built the trade center. (Photo: Sep 11, 2001, REUTERS / Mike Theiler), John Patrick and cadaver recovery dog "Guese" take a minute to reflect inside St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel. They reach out to these dogs because it’s OK to.”, An unidentified rescue worker adds, “These dogs have been trained to pick up on trauma and goes towards it. climbed to the 44th floor of Tower One when Tower Two was hit. Other hero dogs include Jake, a black Lab who would go on to help during Hurricane Katrina; Trakr, a German Shepherd who found the last living survivor in the WTC rubble, and Bretagne, a rescue dog who received a hero’s funeral when she died in 2016. All the SAR dogsespecially those trained to find living peoplefeel increased stress and depression as time passes with no survivors found.
He couldn’t talk, but he mouthed the words: ‘Thank you.
(Photo: Sep 19, 2001, AP / Suzanne Plunkett), Shhhhh... (Photo: Sep 15, 2001, AP / U.S. Navy, P. Keres), Just the sight of a dog is enough to lift the heaviest heart, whether the dog knows it or not.
came back and I took him home. Roselle and Salty shared the Dickin Medal from the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals in 2002. "We expect hundreds of police dogs to come," he said. But then they’d sneak off in a corner to just be with Thunder, or maybe to talk with him.” — Bob Sessions, rescue worker, Federal Emergency Management Agency, “Just petting a dog provides comfort to those who need it—and where I am now, so many need it.” — Laura LoPresti, dog caretaker from Monroe Township, Missouri, The therapeutic value of dogs at the World Trade Center site has been widely recognized. As she raced down the stairs, she felt the building collapse around her. Note: you dont see any cats in these pictures!
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This is the great blog, I’m reading them for a while, “One Got By Us” Officer Lim was in the K-9 office in the base-ment of the WTC and heard the explosion on an upper floor.
So let’s now take a moment to admire the “World Trade Center’s Sleepy Rescue Dogs” on a few of the rare occasions that we can catch them at rest, deeply engrossed in doggie-dreams. His responsibilities, along with his handler David Lim, included inspecting vehicles for explosives that entered the WTC. “It’s so awesome that the dogs could have this kind of sense, to find people buried under the rubble,” Guzman-McMillan told Animal Planet for the new documentary “Hero Dogs of 9/11.” “I felt total renewed life in me. and the building collapses on us," he said.
Jake's partner Mary Flood (right) will have to take a number; dogs go first.
For all their noble efforts, their indispensable support and immediate readiness in this unexpected crisis, the dogs have certainly not gone unappreciated.
Best Friend is forever amazing.
with Lim since March 2000 and helped clear the way for visits by such VIPs Otto was in charge of health care for the 9/11 search-and-rescue dogs, some of whom got injured from stepping on debris or inhaling smoke. Veterinarian Cynthia Otto is pictured a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“Worf” located the bodies of two missing firefighters on the first day. "Everyone saluted. © 2002 The Associated Press. I watched the first tower fall as I waited to use the public phone to let my family know I was okay. Thanks for posting this. ". (Photo: Sep 15, 2001, US Navy / Preston Keres), Grim faces and sad tails show the frustrationand the unshaken resolveof rescuers from the Maryland Task Force Rescue Team on lunch break. Great article, I already saved it to my favourite.
I thought it was very nice.".