Firefighters rescue dog from 30-foot-deep well

Published August 30, 2009 4:00am ET



with photo of dog with rescuerPrince George’s County firefighters pulled a 3-year-old dog from a 30-foot well as it was filling with rain water.

Kujo, a 120-pound Mastiff-like dog, had crawled underneath a wooden porch and fell into an abandoned well Friday. The dog barked and cried as water began to rise, authorities said. Firefighters dismantled the deck, pumped fresh air into the space and set up a series of ropes and pulleys. Firefighter Travis Lambert was lowered into the hole, placed a rescue harness around the dog and pulled him out. Kujo’s owner said, “The firefighters just lifted [Kujo] out of his grave.”

– Scott McCabe