Dog helps save homeless owner, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Dog helps save homeless owner

A homeless man suffering a medical emergency in Washington state attached a note to his dog and sent it for help. Not long after, a local resident found the dog walking along some railroad tracks, read the note, and dialed 911. The note didn’t give a location, but police had received reports of a homeless man with a dog living in local woods, and were able to find the man and get him to a hospital in the nick of time. “He was absolutely immobile,” says Detective Jen Kolb. “He was afraid he was going to die.”

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