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| Saturday, October 6, 2001
The World Trade Center's Heroic Rescue Dogs
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NEW YORK CITY — Their
sense of smell has been estimated to be at least one million times more
refined than ours; they have as many as 220,000,000 "sniffer"
cells, compared to a human's mere 5,000,000; they can detect sound
vibrations at 250 yards that most humans can barely hear at 25; and most
importantly, these marvelous workers
are dedicated, determined and motivated beyond the limits of exhaustion
like no human or machine could ever be.
But when they're asleep, they're
still just adorable, fuzzy dogs, aren't they? We're reminded that
these indefatigable multi-sensory trackers are just big puppies
underneath it all—like
the saying goes: "Cold nose, warm heart."
So let's now take a moment to admire
the "World Trade Center's Sleepy Rescue Dogs" on a few
of the rare occasions that we can catch them at rest, deeply engrossed
in doggie-dreams.
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Shhhhh...
(Photo: Sep 15, 2001, AP / U.S. Navy, P. Keres)
"He's used to
working. He just worked a little too hard this time."
— Michael Norkelun of the Suffolk County SPCA, speaking about
SAR dog "Ammo" snoozing nearby |
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Awake or asleep, these dogs are constantly at work,
mending wounded spirits and providing an undying source of
morale. There's not a single veteran of "the
pile" who will deny that dogs are providing just as much emotional support as technical guidance.
Just the sight of a dog is enough to lift the heaviest
heart, whether
the dog knows it or not. At the moment, this one's probably just
dreaming about a hot
blueberry muffin.
(Photo: Sep 23, 2001, Andrea Booher / FEMA)
"But then, if I
was laying at the bottom of that pile, maybe a dog would lift my morale."
— Unidentified rescue worker
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"Kinsey" from the Texas Task
Force One catches a few winks in the lap of a veterinary caretaker.
(Photo: Sep 20, 2001, Mike Rieger / FEMA)
It's
exhausting... [Dausen] is doing great, but he's definitely tired at the
end of the day."
— Sharon Gattas,
Riverside Urban Search and Rescue, speaking about her canine partner
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After an exhausting shift,
"Jake" gets pampered with a massage from chiropractor Jan Price at a care
center near the search site. Jake's partner Mary Flood (right) will have
to take a number; dogs go first.
(Photo: AP / Alan Diaz)
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Let sleeping dogs lie
(and dog-handlers, too);
they certainly
deserve it.
(Photo: Sep 18, 2001, Reuters)
"Come, give me
your hand: what's done cannot be undone: to bed, to bed, to bed."
— Lady Macbeth, Act V, Sc. 1
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