Dog saves owner, then dies trying to rescue cat

October 18, 2006

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - After a disabled woman's cat started a house

fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying

unsuccessfully to rescue the cat.

Jamie Hanson said her 13-year-old dog Jesse brought her artificial

leg and a phone she used to call 911.

" She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went

up there to get the cat and she wouldn't come back to me, " Hanson,

49, said at a news conference Monday at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial

Medical Center, where she was being treated for her injuries.

She received third-degree arm burns in the fire Sunday night at her

home in Rhine, south of Elkhart Lake. Both pets died.

Hanson, who lost a leg in a car accident three years ago, said she

was on the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back

of the couch.

" And he jumped onto a table that had a candle on it and tipped it

over and lighted the artificial plants on fire, " she said.

Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her

artificial leg from the table, " so my dog got my leg for me and went

and got the phone and brought the phone to me so I could call 911. "

October 18, 2006

very sad heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote: ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying unsuccessfully to rescue the cat. Jamie Hanson said her 13-year-old dog Jesse brought her artificial leg and a phone she used to call 911."She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went up there to get the cat and she wouldn't come back to me," Hanson, 49, said at a news conference Monday

at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, where she was being treated for her injuries.She received third-degree arm burns in the fire Sunday night at her home in Rhine, south of Elkhart Lake. Both pets died.Hanson, who lost a leg in a car accident three years ago, said she was on the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back of the couch."And he jumped onto a table that had a candle on it and tipped it over and lighted the artificial plants on fire," she said.Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her artificial leg from the table, "so my dog got my leg for me and went and got the phone and brought the phone to me so I could call 911." Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.

October 18, 2006

Hi Louis

I thought that too. What a loving dog :-(

Jo

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louis stott

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:07 PM

Re: Dog saves owner, then dies trying to rescue cat

very sad heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote:

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying unsuccessfully to rescue the cat. Jamie Hanson said her 13-year-old dog Jesse brought her artificial leg and a phone she used to call 911."She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went up there to get the cat and she wouldn't come back to me," Hanson, 49, said at a news conference Monday at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, where she was being treated for her injuries.She received third-degree arm burns in the fire Sunday night at her home in Rhine, south of Elkhart Lake. Both pets died.Hanson, who lost a leg in a car accident three years ago, said she was on the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back of the couch."And he jumped onto a table that had a candle on it and tipped it over and lighted the artificial plants on fire," she said.Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her artificial leg from the table, "so my dog got my leg for me and went and got the phone and brought the phone to me so I could call 911."

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