Boffo Beagle Bravery: Pudgy Pooch Rescues Family From Fire

Rescue dog dips into phone booth, slips on superhero costume, saves family.

By Salvatore Cardoni

September 23, 2011

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Boffo Beagle Bravery: Pudgy Pooch Rescues Family From Fire

Paunchy pooch Sammy may not look like a hero, but he sure acted like one this week. (Photo: Silive.com)

It took seven years, but Sammy the Staten Island beagle has reciprocated his owners’ life-saving act.

He could have gone under the bed like any other dog. But he saved us.

This week the nine-year old paunchy pooch saved his family from a late-night apartment fire—an act of gallantry that comes almost a decade after his family rescued him from a shelter.

According to The Gothamist:

Sammy was the only one who woke up when an electrical fire broke out around 3 a.m. in the Annadale home Laura Garcia shares with her husband and four children. Sammy barked, barked, and eventually broke down the door to Garcia's bedroom to wake her.

The blaze was no joke—it took 60 FDNY firefighters to put it out.

“He could have just went under the bed like any other dog,” said Garcia’s 11-year-old son Andre, to Silive.com. “But he saved us.”