A dog who went
missing over the weekend is now
home safe thanks to firefighters in the City of Newburgh.
Rescuers say the pup named Lilly got trapped on the frozen shoreline of the
Hudson River Friday afternoon after it got away from its owners to chase a
flock of ducks.
Firefighters found the dog trapped 10 feet out on the ice
and had to get in the water themselves to safely get to her.
"She
wouldn't leave the ice pad and risk getting wet again so that's why we had to
send the firemen in the water,” said Timothy Dexter, the assistant fire chief of the
Newburgh Fire Department.
Lilly was not injured and is back
home with her family.