Pit Bull Stands By Owner In Tanker Crash
Loyalty Proven By Man's Best Friend
POSTED: 2:28 am EDT November 3, 2007
EAST LYME, Conn. -- One canine certainly fulfilled the role of man's best
friend on Friday.
Witnesses described seeing a tanker truck barrel through the median into
oncoming traffic, killing three people and injuring three others on
Interstate 95 in East Lyme late Friday morning. The tanker struck a
tractor-trailer and at least four cars and overturned.
As chaos broke out on I-95, a heroic pit bull remained calm, sitting in the
front seat of a tractor-trailer hit by a tanker truck. As the truck
crumbled, the dog stood tall, staying beside his owner until help arrived.
"I was calling to him, but he was just standing there and just guarding his
person," said Phyllis Martino, a witness at the scene.
The heroic dog stayed right by his owner's side, but arriving firefighters
quickly rushed that badly injured driver to the hospital.
That's when another hero was standing by to step in. Vincent Gagliardi said
the pit bull was frantic as his owner was carried away. So, Gagliardi took
off his belt, ran to the dog, fashioned a leash and got the dog out of
there.
"This guy was still sitting in the passenger seat, and there was diesel
fuel all around, so I took him out of there," Gagliardi said.
Authorities did not release on Friday any identities of those involved in
the crash.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
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