[Clois Harlan]

NOT ALL HEROS ARE PEOPLE ~ ~ ~
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>James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade
Center.
>He is blind so he has a golden retriever named Daisy. After the plane hit
20
>stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go, out of
an
>act of love. She darted away into the darkened hallway. Choking on the
fumes
>of the jet fuel and the smoke James was just waiting to die. About 30
>minutes later, Daisy comes back along with James' boss, who Daisy just
>happened to pick up on floor 112.
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>On her first run of the building, she leads James, James' boss, and about
>300 more people out of the doomed building. But she wasn't through yet,
she
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;knew there were others who were trapped. So, highly against James' wishes
>she ran back in the building.
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>On her second run, she saved 392 lives. Again she went back in. During
this
>run, the building collapses. James hears about this and falls on his
knees
>into tears. Against all known odds, Daisy makes it out alive, but this
time
>she is carried by a firefighter. "She led us right to the people, before
she
>got injured" the fireman explained.
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>Her final run saved another 273 lives. She suffered acute smoke
inhalation,
>severe burns on all four paws, and a broken leg, but she saved 967 lives.
>The next week, Mayor Guilaini rewards Daisy with the Canine medal of
Honor of
>New York. Daisy is the first civilian Canine to win such an honor.