Dog survives 8 days trapped in rubble after Colo. explosion

[Kadie]

Dog survives 8 days trapped in rubble after Colo. explosion
Firefighters inspect the rubble of a two-story building that housed Good Times Adventures after an explosion leveled the building on Saturday, April 19, 2008, in the Colorado resort community of Breckenridge. A dog was found alive and in relatively good shape after spending eight days trapped in the rubble. Red, White & Blue Fire District photo via Associated Press

Dog survives 8 days trapped in rubble after Colo. explosion

Tuesday, April 29, 2008


(04-29) 19:18 PDT Breckenridge, Colo. (AP) --

A dog was found alive and in relatively good shape after spending eight days trapped in the rubble of a building that exploded, critically injuring the pup's owner.

Lulu, a Springer spaniel, was rescued Sunday after the owner of the business that had been housed in the two-story building heard her whimpering.

"We turned off the radio and started calling out Lulu's name. Then we heard some yelping," Brian Holt, owner of Good Times Adventures, told the Summit Daily News in Tuesday's editions.

Lulu's owner, Brian Mislanski, had been critically injured in the April 19 explosion and remained at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver on Tuesday.

"I'm happy," Mislanski told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He declined to comment further, but friends who are caring for Lulu said they took her to visit him — with permission from the hospital.

Veterinarian Christine Murphy said Lulu suffered mild dehydration and had some trauma to her left eye. She probably survived by drinking melting snow and eating food she found in the debris, Murphy said.

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[midnight]

1. Poor baby...