The Unsung Hero of 9/11

With the 10th aniversary of 9/11 I felt I should share with you this piece from FENBANK GREYHOUND RESCUES Spring 2010 newsletter.

James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Centre. James is blind and so he has a Golden Retriever guide dog named Daisy.

After the plane hit 20 stories below James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go... an act of love. She darted away into the darkened hallway. Choking on fumes from the jet fuel and the smoke James was just waiting to die.

About 30 minutes later Daisy came back along with James' boss who she "just happened to pick up on floor 112".

On her first run out of the building Daisy led James, his boss and about 300 others from the doomed building.

But she wasn't through! She knew there were others trapped inside. Against James' orders she ran back inside.

On her second run Daisy saved another 392 lives but that was not the end... she went back again and during this third trip the tower collapsed. James heard the sound of the ruin and fell to his knees in tears.

Against the odds Daisy made it out alive! and this time she was carried by a firefighter. He said, "She led us right to the people before she was injured by the falling masonry."

Her final run into the doomed building had saved another 273 lives. She suffered acute smoke inhalation, severe burns on all her paws and a broken leg but she had saved 967 lives!

Daisy was the first civillian Canine to be awarded the Medal of Honor of New York City.

WHO HEARD THIS REPORTED ON THE NEWS? I DIDN'T. But don't you agree it should have been up there alongside the firefighters tales!

This is Daisy.what a lovely story Velvet Tears....thank you for posting it.She now will be remebered.

That story brought me to tears again. What a wonderful brave dog, and no I have never heard this mentioned on any news, why not? She saved all those lives. Bless her heart.

BLESS

Sorry guys, but according to everything i've read, this is all a complete Hoax. See below

Daisy, the Guide Dog That Saved 967 People in the World Trade Center on September 11-Fiction!
Summary of eRumor: The story of a golden retriever named Daisy that was the guide dog for James Crane, a blind worker in the World Trade Center in New York. On the day of the terrorist attacks, James was 20 floors above where the jetliner hit and knew he wouldn't make it, but he sent Daisy away. A half hour later, however, Daisy returned and saved James, James' boss, and 300 more people. Daisy went back into the building and led 392 more survivors to safety. Then returned to the building once more, but the building collapsed, Daisy survived, but was injured, and carried to safety by a firefighter who said Daisy saved 273 more lives. Daisy is to be honored by New York Mayor "Guilaini" by the Canine Medal of Honor. The email claims to have been copied from the September 19, 2001 edition of the New York Times.
The Truth: This is a hoax. There are no reports of this outside of the eRumor, and no article about this appeared in the New York Times on any date.

nice thought though