GOD's BLESSING TO MAN!

Enough said!!

I remember on the news on 9/11 the following day, one of the rescue dogs and handler I had the pleasure to work with prior to Oct 95 when I retired.

This 6 legged team is so awesome, it's beyond words!!

On Search & Rescue exercises, I did my darnedest to through this dog off and still she zeroed in on me like a laser beam on a full run!

nothing prettier than a dog working and doing what it loves.

PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing--it's heartwarming to hear about so many people helping out. These rescue dogs are amazing. If I were in a disaster I would definitely want one of New York's finest--officer and pup!--to rescue me.

Here's an update on the 3 girls that were found by Hunter. Here's the report from the Search Dog foundation:

"At 1:15pm local time, an SDF Search Team in Port-au-Prince located three girls, trapped alive since Tuesday in the rubble of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.

Bill Monahan and his Border Collie, Hunter, were searching a neighborhood near the Presidential Palace, concentrating on a large bowl-shaped area of rubble which was all that remained of a 4-story building.

After criss-crossing the area, Hunter pin-pointed the survivors’ scent under 4 feet of broken concrete and did his “bark alert” to let Bill know where the victims were. Bill spoke with the survivors, then passed them bottles of water tied to the end of a stick. As they reached for the water one of the girls said, “Thank you.” Highly trained rescue crews from California Task Force 2 are now working to extricate the girls from the wreckage and provide first aid."

Keep up the good work, gang! -D

Sir Dave, I wasn't one of the trainers or handlers for the search and rescue dogs. Because my 20 years of involvement with the Local, State and Federal agencies and groups, I had direct contact and witness first hand what these God given gifts to Man can do and it's so priceless I'm lost of words to tell you just how important these 4 legged angles are to finding a lost person and the life saving work they do!

I wish I had a video on every search when the found the person we were looking for!!

I don't take them and the handlers for granted!!!

Dave DiBenedetto

One more thing,

On every search assist with a S&R dog, we found them all and all were ALIVE! And there were times in noway we would have found them without!!! I have so much passion for these S&R Teams it's beyond words!!

Do I miss being with them?

YES I DO!!