WATCH ABOVE: Firefighters had to create a make-shift harness to rescue ‘Timmy,’ a six-week-old puppy that fell into a hole. Kathryn Herr reports.
TORONTO – It was almost like an episode of a popular television show when a young California girl and her six-week-old puppy were reunited after the cute and cuddly dog fell 50-feet down a pipe that led to a well.
The Fresno Fire Department was called to a home near Grant Avenue and Willow Avenue Tuesday afternoon with a report of a trapped puppy.
But unlike the infamous “Radio Bart” episode from The Simpsons that featured a parody of charity songs like Canada’s “Tears Are Not Enough” and its American counterpart “We Are The World” – this was no hoax by Bart Simpson.
Timmy the puppy was really trapped and even Lassie couldn’t help.
When firefighters arrived, they discovered the little guy had let his curiosity get the better of him, falling down an eight inch hole in the ground.
“I was like, how did he get in there? Because there was cardboard with a brick on top,” 12-year-old owner Teresa told KGPE.
Faced with an awkward predicament, firefighters used a utility rope to create a harness they sent down into the well to fish the Shepherd mix out.
“Don’t shake buddy, don’t shake, don’t shake,” one firefighter could be heard saying in a CBS report.
Mark Garcia from Station 15 was the first to welcome Timmy back to the surface after pulling him out, according to The Fresno Bee.
“Little troublemaker,” another voice could be heard teasing the pup.
Teresa believes her four-legged friend fell overnight, claiming she heard his whimpers on her way to school but thought nothing of it. When she returned home, she was greeted with “Operation Puppy Rescue” as Fresno Fire playfully called it.
“I was just hoping the firefighters didn’t give up on him,” Bertha Torres, Teresa’s aunt, added.
A property manager has since permanently sealed the pipe to avoid further accidents, according to KGPE reporter Kathryn Herr.
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