In a harrowing act of bravery and with precision timing, Los Angeles County Firefighters risked it all donning flotation devices and safety harnesses to rescue a trapped dog from the swift current of the California Aqueduct today. Firefighters from Station 80, Truck 24 in Palmdale and Urban Search and Rescue Team 130 based in Lancaster responded after Forest Service Battalion Chief Kenny Ellison was flagged down by a civilian walking along the aqueduct asking for help. Chief Ellison quickly radioed the Angeles Forest Dispatcher for help.
Bystanders saw the dog trapped behind the huge steel gates that control the current of the aqueduct. The dog was stuck in churning water and finally made it to safety on a steel beam. County Firefighters were quickly dispatched to Barrel Springs and the Aqueduct crossing and were met by LA County Sheriff Deputies and Forest Personnel.
Specialty trained firefighters wearing rescue harnesses were hoisted and then lowered into the aqueduct to rescue the dog. Animal control members made a rope lasso to help hoist the animal to safety. Urban Search and Rescue Team Members were able to slip the rope around the dog and hoist it to safety. The rescue took the better part of an hour to perform in 102 degree temperatures.
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Photo Credit: Jeff Zimmerman, Emergency Photographers Network
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