- Firefighter Sean P. Coyle of Boston has gained worldwide praise and admiration for rescuing Sylvia, a 13-year-old Siberian husky that fell through the ice in Boston Harbor last week.
- “As I got closer, I could see the ice was encapsulating him,” Coyle told the Boston Herald. “He was frozen and real scared. I’d say he had less than half an hour left.”
- The dog already had been in the 20-degree water for a half-hour. A human would likely not have survived longer than 10 minutes, Coyle said, and noce Coyle pulled the dog out, the firefighter actually fell in himself. Luckily, he was attached to a rope and other firemen on the scene pulled him out.
- Coyle, who works from South Boston’s Ladder 19, has been flooded with emails, texts and phone calls since photos of Sylvie’s rescue spread.
- “We look at the pets like citizens,” Coyle said. “They’re loved by their owners and we want to make sure, whether it’s in a burning building or a freezing lake, we just want to get them out safe.”
- (Source: Daily Saint | Photo via Mark Garfinkle/Boston Herald)
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