Hero Dog Breaks Out Of House, Leads Police Back Home To Save Owner From Gas Leak
February 7, 2019
Filed Under:gas leak, Hero Dog, Local TV, New York, Pit Bull, Scott Rapoport
TUCKAHOE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A dog in Westchester County is being hailed a hero after breaking out of her home to save her owner’s life.
At first police thought she was a dog on the loose, but then realized the pit bull was on a mission to get help.
On Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. Sadie – a 60-pound pit bull – was found wandering the streets of Tuckahoe barking up a storm.
11-year-old pit bull, Sadie. (Credit: CBS2)
“We got a call of a loose pit bull,” Lawrence Rotta of the Tuckahoe Police Department said.
Police tried to catch her but Sadie bolted back to her home on Fairview Avenue with cops in hot pursuit. When they got there they said they noticed the sliding door in the backyard was open.
It turns out there was a gas leak in the home. Police believe Sadie ran from the house to get away from it and then led officers back to help.
Costello, who was not home at the time, is calling Sadie is a hero. She added that if not for her precious pit bull, something terrible could have happened.
Sadie’s owner added that she believes Sadie smelled the gas, started scratching frantically at the front door, before somehow nuzzling open the sliding door in the kitchen on her own.
How Sadie was able to figure out how to pry open the sliding door, Costello said she doesn’t know.
Ultimately she says cops called the local fire department and Con Ed. The gas was turned off and everything is now fine – thanks to the 11-year-old pit bull.
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