Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
Firefighters in Plum, Pennsylvania said they used an industrial-strength vacuum to pull a Shih Tzu puppy — a family’s Christmas gift — from the bottom of an abandoned well.
The pup, named Romeo, fell into the well — actually a narrow drainage pipe — during the weekend.
After three hours trying to rescue him, firefighters hooked up an industrial-strength vacuum, latched on to Romeo’s leg and hoisted him out, Pittsburgh television station WPXI reported. You can see a video here.
“It was a miracle,” said Assistant Fire Chief Jim Scuffle.
The pup wasn’t breathing when it came came out of the well, but firefighters performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation on the way to veterinarian and Romeo awakened and started to breath on its own.
The veterinarian gave the puppy a clean bill of health.
Posted by jwoestendiek December 31st, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: dogs, firefighters, pennsylvania, pipe, pittsburgh, plum, pup, puppy, rescue, rescued, romeo, save, saved, shih-tzu, vacuum, veterinarian, veterinary, well
Comment from bluhawkk
Time January 1, 2009 at 7:58 am
Happy New Year Romeo.
Close off that well folks!
I was thinking that Crazy Glue on the end of a long pole might have worked in extricating him.
Oh, well….
All’s WELL that ends WELL.