Cesar’s Way | Abby, canine partner to SDF Executive Director and FEMA Certified Canine Search Specialist Debra Tosch, happily enjoys her retirement ten years after searching the rubble at the September 11th tragedy.
Tag: 9/11
Searching for life
The Santa Ynez Valley Journal
The dark shadow of aftermath looms heavy in the morning air as search dogs pace, eager to begin the task of converting hope into promise, of finding life below the rubble.
Locals who helped with rescue tell of the devastation: digging, searching, hoping
Ventura County Star
When Deresa Teller arrived at ground zero on the night of Sept. 12, 2001, smoke was rising from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, and bits of paper and dust were still floating around.
Working canine heroes of 2011
Dog Fancy | Search Dog Hunter is honored for his bravery on the front lines of some of the world’s most terrible disasters.
Search Dog efforts on 9/11 are recounted
Ventura County Star
If tears shed during the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s salute Saturday to those who died and those who searched the piles of rubble that once were the World Trade Center could count as dollars, the Ojai-based nonprofit would have no problem raising the $10.6 million needed to build a national training facility for search dogs and handlers.
Rick Lee’s 9/11 journal
Chapter 1 – The call we hope to never get My name is Richard Lee, Fire Captain with the City of Sacramento, California for 21 years. On September 11, 2001, I had been a member of the California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 7 as a Canine Search Specialist …