[nagdu] Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from speeding car

[Cindy Ray]

That is one really sad story. What a orrific thing to happen. That dog was truly loyal and courageous.

CL

On Sep 29, 2013, at 3:34 PM, "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from speeding car 
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> The brave dog, Simon, was struck by the car, but bounced up in time to push
> the little boy, Will, away from the car. Dave Furukawa, the
> visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, said the dog showed "true
> loyalty and courage."
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> By Joe Kemp  / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
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> Saturday, September 28, 2013, 3:06 PM
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> A beloved guide dog died after he pushed a 4-year-old Atlanta boy away from
> the path of a moving car that ran a stop sign - seconds after the pooch was
> struck, the owner said.
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> Dave Furukawa - the visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, Simon -
> said he was walking his son, Will, to school when a red Chrysler ran through
> the stop sign and hit the pooch as they crossed a street on Monday.
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> But the brave dog bounced back up in time to push Will out of the way,
> witnesses said.
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> "What people have said is that Simon either got up or jumped out, and pushed
> my son out of the path of the car," Furukawa told WXIA-TV.
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> "This is true loyalty and courage."
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> Several bystanders rushed over to the boy and picked him up from the ground.
> As they carried him to his mother down the street, Simon hobbled alongside. 
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> "Broken leg, and he had a gash on his side and he had internal bleeding -
> but he followed home," Furukawa said. "Once he was sure Will was okay, he
> laid down."
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> The family rushed the injured 80-pound dog to an emergency vet, but Simon
> died on the way.
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> Cops later cited the car's driver, Calvin Armour, with running a stop sign
> and failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, the NBC affiliate
> reported.
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> Police said Armour was driving at a high rate of speed when he went through
> the intersection, the station reported.
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> Pilot Dogs, Inc. - the Columbus, Ohio, group who provided Simon to Furukawa
> said they will give the family another guide dog.
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> But Furukawa said Simon's spirit will never be forgotten.
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> "He's been my eyes and buddy," he said. "He loved my son."
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> Source:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/guide-dog-dies-pushing-4-year-old-b
> oy-speeding-car-article-1.1470511?print
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