Dog Rescued After Racing Train
By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com
A stray dog was rescued on Tuesday morning after running for a mile and half alongside a Metro-North commuter train on electrified tracks in New York City.
"She was just running like she didn't have a care in the world," said engineer Joseph Delia. The pooch met the train in the Bronx, and ran on a parallel track until she passed the train when it stopped at a red signal. Delia slowed the train way down, alerted other engineers in the area to watch out for the dog and called the MTA police for help.
Two officers and a station worker at the train's next stop in Harlem headed for the stairs to try to lure the dog from the tracks. She walked right into their arms as the passengers on the train and the crowd gathered at the station clapped and cheered. "At first she appeared frightened, but started wagging her tail," said officer Luis Alvarez. "Having a dog of my own, I could tell she was very friendly." MTA workers named the 3-year-old Shepherd-Collie mix Tie, after the railroad ties she ran along. Tie had a reunion with her rescuers on Wednesday. New York's Animal Care & Control is searching for her owner, and will put her up for adoption if one isn't found. - Read it at the New York Post
