Last week, a purebred Vizsla escaped from her Salt Lake City home and ended up getting lost on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. After receiving a concerned call from someone who spotted the terrified dog on a ledge, firefighter Tony Stowe and his crew from Salt Lake Fire Station 10 hiked over two miles to reach the canine. When they finally found her, they realized she had injured her paws and couldn't move. There she was — dehydrated, helpless, and face-to-face with death on the edge of a cliff.
After giving the dog water, Tony did something so heroic it must be shared with the world. He picked her up, placed her on his shoulders, and carried her all the way back to safety in the 90-degree heat. For the next hour, Tony trekked two miles through the Utah mountains with this large injured dog on his back. A touching photo of Tony carrying the Vizsla named Rue on his shoulders quickly went viral.
The firefighters then worked to find Rue's home and reunite her with her owners. Tony says he misses Rue terribly, and would have adopted her if she didn't already have a family!
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