VIDEO: Northern Michigan firefighters rescued a scared and exhausted dog after it fell through the ice on a river last week.
“It’s not always humans we’re called to save; sometimes it’s man’s best friend,” Alpena City Firefighters said in a Facebook post about the incident.
On Friday, Jan. 8, Alpena firefighters were dispatched to an ice rescue for a dog that had gone through the ice on a river. Firefighter Chris Morrison, secured with ropes, broke a path through the ice to reach the dog. “Just before he got to the dog, it gave out a crying-type howl and as soon as he grabbed it, it went completely limp from exhaustion,” the post says.
The post includes a video that shows Morrison being pulled back to the riverbank by a rope while cradling the dog in his arms. A photo in the post comments shows the dog wrapped in a hypothermia blanket and towels.