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ADMIN NOTE:This is from 2007, but it is so unbelievable, I thought you would enjoy reading it. Thank you to Elena for sending it out to the lists :)
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WCBSTVOct 16, 2007 6:21 pm US/Eastern
Miracle: Dog Uses Bath Drain To Breathe Amid Fire
Long Island Pooch Jumped Into Tub, Closed Curtain As House Burned Down
Reporting: Jennifer McLogan
FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (CBS) ―
A Long Island dog-turned-MacGyver is making Lassie look like any other ordinary pooch. That's because Jackson, the massive 150-pound Newfoundland, somehow escaped harm during a house fire by jumping into a bathtub, pulling the curtain closed, and using the drain to breathe fresh air.
Jackson's owner, Debbie Credidio, nearly lost her best friend when her Farmingville home caught on fire while her 74-year-old mother, Marcia Kaye, was there.
"I said, 'The dog's in the house, but I couldn't get to where the dog was,'" Kaye told CBS 2.
The rest of the family was at work, but frantically rushed home to a chaotic scene. "I came here, and the house was in flames full of smoke. I tried to get dog out, calling him -- I honestly didn't think the dog had a chance," said James Credidio.
Farmingville firefighters quickly arrived and made a final sweep through the house, and
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