🇺🇸❤️🐾 More than 300 dogs took part in search, rescue & recovery
@ the WTC in the hours & months afterwards.

Working alongside their handlers, the pups climbed
huge piles of debris while fires still smoldered.

The search for signs of life or human remains
was mentally & physically taxing on the dogs
& they’d get discouraged.

Vets were on site to care for them.
Working 12-hour shifts on the pile, the dogs needed
their paws, eyes & noses cleaned often.

Riley worked hard to find living people
but he also found bodies of Firefighters.
Police Officers & Firefighters would give Riley hugs
& that helped them carry on.

Another therapy dog, Nikie, provided comfort.

Bretagne, the last known 9-11 dog, passed in June 2016.
She was a 2-year-old @ the WTC.
Rescuers sat with her & her handler Denise,
& told their stories & shed their tears.

Trakr found the last survivor among the rubble
on the morning of Sept. 12, 2001 🕊️

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#InRemembrance