Post by Michbuckmaster on May 18, 2006 9:51:55 GMT -5
Dog saves drowning boy
By Ellen Miller, special to the News
May 16, 2006
A yellow Labrador retriever rescued a 9-year-old boy from the Roaring Fork River by swimming out and dragging the child to shore by his life preserver while sheriff's deputies frantically searched nearby, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said.
The boy, Ryan Rambo, and his family moved to Glenwood Springs last fall after Hurricane Katrina devastated their home in Amite, La., the Glenwood Post Independent reported today.
Ryan fell out of a private raft late Sunday afternoon, Vallario said. While the lab, which was walking with its 13-year-old owner on the riverbank, swam out to rescue the boy.
Meanwhile, search and rescue crews were walking the bank of the river and setting up rescue areas. They found the boy about an hour later with the dog that saved him.
"How ironic, isn't it?'' Deana Rambo, Ryan's mother, told the newspaper. "We came here to get away from flood waters and he nearly drowns in the river.
www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...2856%2C00.html
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By Ellen Miller, special to the News
May 16, 2006
A yellow Labrador retriever rescued a 9-year-old boy from the Roaring Fork River by swimming out and dragging the child to shore by his life preserver while sheriff's deputies frantically searched nearby, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said.
The boy, Ryan Rambo, and his family moved to Glenwood Springs last fall after Hurricane Katrina devastated their home in Amite, La., the Glenwood Post Independent reported today.
Ryan fell out of a private raft late Sunday afternoon, Vallario said. While the lab, which was walking with its 13-year-old owner on the riverbank, swam out to rescue the boy.
Meanwhile, search and rescue crews were walking the bank of the river and setting up rescue areas. They found the boy about an hour later with the dog that saved him.
"How ironic, isn't it?'' Deana Rambo, Ryan's mother, told the newspaper. "We came here to get away from flood waters and he nearly drowns in the river.
www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...2856%2C00.html
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