Cookie, a dog first who was reported missing more than a year ago and
was rescued from a storm drain on Friday in Bethesda, Maryland, has
returned home to his family.
It took Montgomery Co. Fire & Rescue and Police Animal Services
about three hours to get Cookie out of the drain pipe.
Authorities later learned the dog is a Wheaton Terrier named Cookie, who
was reported missing from Kensington in October 2014.
How Cookie ended up in a pipe in Bethesda remains a mystery. According
to a shift manager at Montgomery County Animal Rescue Services, Cookie
apparently had a food source. The dog was not malnourished when he was
rescued.
Early on Friday afternoon New York City resident Nick An, who was
visiting relatives in Bethesda, says he was walking his relatives' great Dane when the dog suddenly pulled him towards a storm drain.
"I went over and I just saw a dog in there," An said. [It was] pretty
beat-up looking."
An called police, and soon after animal services and the fire department
spent three hours rescuing Cookie.
They say the dog was scared and refused to come out even when they tried
to lure him with food.
Finally, firefighters duct taped a large ball of towels to a fire hose.
They then slowly pushed the hose into the pipe on one side of the
street, forcing Cookie to come out the other side - where officers were
waiting with a net. Neighbors applauded the rescuers moments after they successfully got
Cookie out of the pipe.
The dog was then taken away in an animal services van to be treated.
Although he was dirty and had some marks on him, overall Cookie appeared to be in good health.
Later on Friday night the fire department said the dog's owner had been located.
Finally, firefighters duct taped a large ball of towels to a fire hose.
They then slowly pushed the hose into the pipe on one side of the
street, forcing Cookie to come out the other side - where officers were
waiting with a net. Neighbors applauded the rescuers moments after they successfully got
Cookie out of the pipe.
The dog was then taken away in an animal services van to be treated.
Although he was dirty and had some marks on him, overall Cookie appeared to be in good health.
Later on Friday night the fire department said the dog's owner had been located.
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