Wave Maker: A Priceless Reward, an Urban Myth

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Thursday, May 05, 2005

A Priceless Reward, an Urban Myth

This photograph shows a red Doberman kissing an exhausted fireman. He had just saved the dog from a fire in her house, rescuing her by carrying her out of the house into her front yard, while he continued to fight the fire. She is pregnant. The firefighter was afraid of her at first, because he had never been around a Doberman. When the fire was finally extinguished, the fireman sat down to catch his breath and rest. A photographer from the Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper, "The Observer," noticed the Doberman in the distance looking at the fireman. He saw her walking straight toward the fireman and wondered what she was going to do. As he raised his camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved her life and the lives of her babies, and kissed him, just when the photographer snapped this photograph.

UPDATE: OOPS. Snopes corrects:

As Clark himself explained, he didn't rescue the dog, and his encounter with her was pure happenstance:
"We didn't do anything (special) to save Cinnamon. When we have a house fire, we have to do a primary search. There could be people home and inside. Our first major concern is life safety. That house was full of smoke and we couldn't see it very well. All I saw was a dog run out, and one was (already) in the backyard. I think Cinnamon got out the door herself. The dog approached me. As soon as I knelt down and took my mask off, Patrick was coming around the corner of the house and took the picture. "

Posted by: Wave Maker / 10:58 AM/ |