Fresno firefighters rescue Timmy the puppy from a well
Published in Cats & Dogs News
FRESNO, Calif. (UPI) -- Firefighters in California said they lowered a rope 50 feet into an old well to rescue a puppy appropriately named Timmy.
The Fresno Fire Department said the 6-week-old German shepherd mix fell into an old pipe that led to the well Tuesday in Fresno and firefighters came to Timmy's rescue in the absence of a heroic collie.
Firefighters said they lowered a makeshift harness into the hole to hoist the puppy to safety.
"We just used one of our utility ropes and made a loop on the end and just tried to get it around the puppy in the right way," Pete Martinez of the Fresno Fire Department told KSEE-TV.
The puppy's owners said the hole had previously been covered with cardboard and a brick, but Timmy apparently managed to fall in sometime overnight.
The family said Timmy was doing well following his rescue.
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