Camera Catches Moment Officer Rescues Puppy from Burning Car: Video
When Deputy Michael Gregorek of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado responded to a recent vehicle fire, he had very little to go off of. As he drove to the scene on Jan. 22, he wondered where the car was…
When Deputy Michael Gregorek of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado responded to a recent vehicle Fire, he had very little to go off of.
As he drove to the scene on Jan. 22, he wondered where the car was located, what the cause of the fire was and whether it was the result of criminal activity — all factors that could dramatically change his approach.
When he arrived, he saw the smoking SUV parked at the curb in a residential area — and he also saw a man throwing something at the back window.
Gregorek’s thoughts immediately ran to a recent call his team responded to involving someone throwing Molotov cocktails at cars, but the first sentence out of the man’s mouth changed everything.
“My Dog’s in the car!” the man was crying.
“It flipped switch from ‘It’s obviously not a crime’ and ‘Now we have a life,'” Gregorek said in an interview posted by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
The deputy ran over to the vehicle, asking where the Dog