Summary

IT WAS A HEROIC RESCUE EFFORT FROM SPCA WORKERS AND THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY JOINED FORCES TO FREE A FRIGHTENED 11 YEAR OLD SIBERIAN HUSKY NAMED PRINCESS. PRINCESS HAD BEEN WALKING ON TOP OF ONE OF TWO 12 FOOT CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS, WHEN SHE FELL AROUND 8AM SUNDAY. SHE WAS WEDGED INTO A SPOT ONLY 8 TO 10 INCHES WIDE. HER OWNER, STEVEN COOK, CALLED THE SPCA FOR HELP AROUND 11 AM. THEY IN TURN, ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. AROUND FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, RESCUERS POURED LUBRICANT ON PRINCESS, HOPING TO PULL HER FREE WITH A ROPE. BUT PRINCESS COULD NOT BE BUDGED. A SPECIAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM TRAINED TO FREE TRAPPED HUMANS, MOVED IN. THEY CUT HOLES INTO THE WALLS, AND AFTER MUCH EFFORT A FRIGHTENED PRINCESS WAS PULLED TO FREEDOM AROUND TEN O’ CLOCK AFTER A MUCH APPRECIATED DRINK OF WATER, PRINCESS WAS WHISKED AWAY TO AN EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINIC WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED IN REMARKABLE GOOD CONDITION DESPITE HER ORDEAL. COOK SAYS THE RESCUE HAS RE-AFFIRMMED HIS FAITH IN PEOPLE. KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO GENUINELY CARE FOR HUMAN BEINGS, AND ANIMALS

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 96236
Story Slug HUGE EFFORT RESCUES DOG (6/09/1992)
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Format PKG
Date 6/9/1992
Archive Time 34:11
TRT 1:13
Supers LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MIKE MCINTEE REPORTING (PRONOUNCED MAC-IN-TEE)
Video Description RESCUE PIX, PEOPLE DRILLING, CLOSEUPS OF DOG
Description IT WAS A HEROIC RESCUE EFFORT FROM SPCA WORKERS AND THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY JOINED FORCES TO FREE A FRIGHTENED 11 YEAR OLD SIBERIAN HUSKY NAMED PRINCESS. PRINCESS HAD BEEN WALKING ON TOP OF ONE OF TWO 12 FOOT CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS, WHEN SHE FELL AROUND 8AM SUNDAY. SHE WAS WEDGED INTO A SPOT ONLY 8 TO 10 INCHES WIDE. HER OWNER, STEVEN COOK, CALLED THE SPCA FOR HELP AROUND 11 AM. THEY IN TURN, ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. AROUND FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, RESCUERS POURED LUBRICANT ON PRINCESS, HOPING TO PULL HER FREE WITH A ROPE. BUT PRINCESS COULD NOT BE BUDGED. A SPECIAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM TRAINED TO FREE TRAPPED HUMANS, MOVED IN. THEY CUT HOLES INTO THE WALLS, AND AFTER MUCH EFFORT A FRIGHTENED PRINCESS WAS PULLED TO FREEDOM AROUND TEN O’ CLOCK AFTER A MUCH APPRECIATED DRINK OF WATER, PRINCESS WAS WHISKED AWAY TO AN EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINIC WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED IN REMARKABLE GOOD CONDITION DESPITE HER ORDEAL. COOK SAYS THE RESCUE HAS RE-AFFIRMMED HIS FAITH IN PEOPLE. KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO GENUINELY CARE FOR HUMAN BEINGS, AND ANIMALS
Script LEAD: THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WORKS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS. SUNDAY IN LOS ANGELES S-P-C-A OFFICERS WERE FACED WITH A TIGHT SITUATION THAT COULD ONLY BE SOLVED WITH THE HELP OF THE L-A COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. MIKE MCINTEE EXPLAINS.
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Keywords

RESCUE
ANIMAL
CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
TRAPPED
STUCK
PET
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