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Diesel’s owner, Tom Kolesar, told the publication that his wife called out for their three dogs, and only one came running back.
“About 10 minutes later, she steps out back, calls for the dogs, our boxer came running, but these two were nowhere to be found,” Kolesar said. One of their dogs was eventually found roaming around in the neighborhood, but Diesel remained missing.
Thankfully, a woman spotted Diesel near the shoreline of Lake Erie behind the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. She called the Lorain Fire Department, telling the agency that she noticed a dog get out of the lake, walk down the shoreline and then get back in.
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The Lorain Fire Department sprung into action and arrived on the scene shortly after the call. Jeff Fenn, the department’s assistant chief, told theElyria Chronicle-Telegramthat his firefighters think the dog had been in the cold water of Lake Erie at least ten minutes before they got there.
“He was showing signs that he was about done,” Fenn told the publication. “Scared us to death, I was like, please don’t. We had our ice suits coming and stuff like that to dress out and jump in and get him, but that would have been difficult with the 10-foot drop into the water.”
The firefighters hooked a pole to Diesel’s collar and carefully pulled him up from the lake until he reached an awaiting rescuer’s arms.
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Diesel spent time at the animal hospital warming up and, once he received the go-ahead from a veterinarian, reunited with his family, per theElyria Chronicle-Telegram.
“We walk [Diesel] during the summers, and we walk him to the edge of the water, but he never expressed an interest in going any deeper,” Kolesar told the publication.
source: people.com
