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66 Ad Rates & Info: 513-520-6077 The Dogs of 9/11 The Dogs of 9/11 In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, over 350 trained SAR (search and rescue) dogs responded to Ground Zero and the Pentagon. In addition, 300 therapeutic dogs were deployed to help comfort people. The dogs worked 16 hours a day, and usually stayed on site for 7 to 14 days. After every shift, they were taken to the veterinary-care tents to be examined and bathed and have their eyes, ears ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the last Ground Zero dog died. Below are the stories of 3 of the dogs who played ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ efforts after the tragedy. Sirius’ Story: the only police dog to die in the disaster. Police K9, Sirius, a 4 ½ year old yellow lab was a bomb detection dog with the NY/NJ Port Authority Police Department. He and �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� assigned to the World Trade Center. The morning of September 11, 2001, Sirius ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Police Station in the basement of the World ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Lim heard the sound of an explosion, he thought a bomb had gone off inside the building, and he commented to Sirius, " ... one must have gotten by us.” He put Sirius in his basement kennel, the safest place he could think of, and told Sirius that he’d come back for him. The kennel was destroyed ������������������������������������������������������������������ In 2005, Sirius had a dog run named in his honor at Kowsky Plaza in Battery Park City, commemorating the 95-pound canine, the only police dog to die in the disaster. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� at the World Trade Center after the attack. The recipient of the 2001 ACE (Award for Canine Excellence) in Law Enforcement —was scheduled to be announced on September 11. Instead, the recipient, NYPD member Appollo, a 9-year-old German Shepherd dog, and his handler, Peter Davis, were called in to assist with the rescue operations after the September 11 terror attacks. They arrived at the World �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������� ������������������������������ �������� ���������� �������������� and rescue dog to arrive at the site after the collapse of the World Trade Center. “We got there right after the buildings collapsed,” said Peter Davis. “To get to the rubble, we had to go through almost waist-deep water. All of a sudden Appollo disappeared, fell into a hole. Then this big ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� out. He was on fire. I brushed off the burning embers and he went right back to searching.” Appollo lived another 5 years. Bretagne’s story: the last surviving Ground Zero dog. Bretagne (pronounced “Brittany,”) a golden retriever, was 2 years old when she and her handler, Denise Corliss, were part of the Texas Task Force 1 sent to the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan after two hijacked airlines brought down the Twin Towers. They spent 10 days at the scene searching rubble for human remains. In the years that followed 9/11, Bretagne and Corliss deployed together to numerous disaster sites, including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ivan. Bretagne retired from formal search work at age 9. On June 6, 2016, 16-year-old Bretagne, believed to be the last surviving 9/11 Ground Zero search dog, was euthanized. She was given a �������������� �������������������� �� ������������������������ �������� �������������� workers lined the sidewalk as her body, ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ out. Tears streaked down some faces. Please support our partners — say you saw it in Pet Pages.


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