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

[rhonda cruz]

 HI i'm glad that i'm a pilot dog grad,
 i never know what kind of job mya would do for me.
 
 i saw this sstorey,

On Sep 29, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Cindy Ray wrote:

> 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."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> By Joe Kemp  / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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