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| Tuesday, September
18, 2001
The World Trade Center's Heroic Rescue Dogs
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NEW YORK CITY — A week has passed since the September
11 terrorist attacks in New York. But while the soot and
debris may have settled, courageous hearts have not. Canine rescue
teams are not about to give up, as long as a single cavity remains
untapped beneath the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Around the nation, in the Americas and
all over the Free World, their canine brethren report for duty at
airports and areas of public assembly to ensure
the security of our lives.
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"They go
underneath into void spaces—anywhere we can get the dogs in. The
site is very difficult agility for the dogs. They're crawling on
their bellies and squeezing through things. It's incredible to
watch."
— Sharon Gattas, Riverside Urban Search and Rescue |
A rescue dog is transported
out of the debris of the World Trade Center. (Photo: Sep 15, 2001, US Navy /
Preston Keres)
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| Emergency workers walk with two dogs down West Street as they leave the scene of
"the pile". Work shifts have been increased to 12-hour
stretches, sometimes extending to 16 hours of non-stop searching.
(Photo: Sep 17, 2001, AP / Roberto Borea)
"You can
train all you want, but this is the mother lode. The dogs can feel
it."
— Officer Joe
Caputo, NYC Police K-9 Unit |
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| Grim faces and sad tails show the
frustration—and the unshaken resolve—of rescuers
from the Maryland Task Force Rescue Team on lunch
break. Handlers say that dogs trained to find
survivors feel as if it's their fault for not being able to
find anyone. No survivors have been located since last
Wednesday when canine search teams helped locate five
injured people. (Photo: Sep 11, 2001, REUTERS / Mike Theiler) |
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will search endlessly for that scent until they are called off."
— Lori Mohr, National Disaster Search Dog Foundation |
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At Federal Hall, Officer D. McFadden and "Durac"
(left) help oversee the safe, smooth opening of the New York Stock Exchange
after the longest suspension of securities trading in history. (Photo: Sep 17, 2001, AP / Ted S.
Warren) ...While
inside, "Dusty", a SAR dog from Sacramento, rings the opening
bell. (Photo: Sep 19, 2001, Reuters)
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"After you, Spot."
The nation's leader and the nation's leading dog step off Marine One
after a weekend of national security meetings at Camp David. For
more pictures of Spotty, see "The
President Has Floppy Ears".
(Photo: Sep 16, 2001, AP / Doug Mills)
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