What an extraordinary animal hero!
> True story from 9-11-01.
>
> James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade
> Center.
>
> He is blind so he has a golden retriever named Daisy.
> After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed,
so
> he
> let Daisy go, out of an act of love.
>
> With tears in his eyes she darted away into the darkened hallway.
Choking
>
> on the fumes of the jet fuel and the smoke, James was just waiting to
> die.
> About 30 minutes later, Daisy comes back - along with James' boss,
who
> Daisy just happened to pick up on floor 102.
>
> On her first run of the building, Daisy leads James, James' boss, and
> about
> 300 more people out of the doomed building.
> But she wasn't through yet. She knew there were others who were
trapped.
> So, highly against James' wishes, she ran back in the building.
> On her second run, she saved 392 lives.
> Again she went back in. During this run, the building collapses.
James
> hears about this and falls on his knees into tears.
>
> Against all known odds, Daisy makes it out alive, but this time she
> is carried by a firefighter. "She led us right to the people before
she
> got
> injured." the fireman explained. Her final run saved another 273
> lives.
> She suffered acute smoke inhalation, severe burns on all four paws,
and a
>
> broken leg, but she saved 967 lives.
>
> Next week, Mayor Guilaini rewards Daisy with the Canine Medal of
> Honor of New York. Daisy is the first civilian Canine to win such an
> honor.
>
> NEW YORK TIMES
> 9-19-01
>
> Makes us so grateful for our fur friends - who so often save our >
hearts
> -
> as well as our lives.
>
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