RIVER FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
ICE/WATER RESCUE
NEAR WASHINGTON BLVD AND THATCHER AVE RIVER FOREST, IL
PUPPY RAN INTO THE DES PLAINES RIVER. FIREFIGHTERS WEARING PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES AND PROTECTIVE SUITS FOR ICE WATER CONDITIONS USED A PIKE POLE TO GRAB THE DOG BY THE COLLAR AND PULL IT TO SHORE.
THE PUPPY WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL VETERINARIAN -- HOPEFULLY IN GOOD CONDITION.
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