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blue sky at night

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18. The brave folks that do this are beyond awesome....

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 06:48 PM

Mar 2014

and for a dog, I really admire them and am proud to say my son is serving in the Army and is going to be one of them! Thanks so much for posting this, it made my day! I would have given anything also to get that labrador down from his perch.

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Officer dangling from helicopter plucks stranded dog from Northern California seaside cliff [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2014 OP

How cool is that! Yay for the rescuer and the dog. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1

I have watched those helicopter rescue guys practice before right around that area. olddad56 Mar 2014 #5

Found a video OKNancy Mar 2014 #2

WHEW! elleng Mar 2014 #4

Thanks for posting the vid... that pup had some story to tell afterward. nt JudyM Mar 2014 #7

Oh migawd lillypaddle Mar 2014 #9

wow!!!!!!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #11

Wow - that looked pretty harrowing! calimary Mar 2014 #12

thanks for the video.. great job. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #14

f-ing pigs itsrobert Mar 2014 #3

bless him a million times over... magical thyme Mar 2014 #6

Bad doggie! cui bono Mar 2014 #8

Awesome. secondvariety Mar 2014 #10

Dangerous, but not foolhardy. Nice. Good work. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #13

awesome! "Oreo" wags his tail soon as he lands! Sunlei Mar 2014 #15

another union thug maindawg Mar 2014 #16

Thank you, deputy! Diremoon Mar 2014 #17

The brave folks that do this are beyond awesome.... blue sky at night Mar 2014 #18

Marvelous! okasha Mar 2014 #19

Bet that's the last time Oreo gets to go for a walk without his leash! mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #20