These are the dogs that worked the trade center
that are still alive but retired, they are
heroes too!
Their eyes say everything you need to know about them. Just amazing creatures.
True heroes of 9/11 still with us today...
Moxie,
13, from Winthrop, Massachusetts, arrived with her handler, Mark Aliberti, at
the World Trade Center on the evening of September 11 and searched the site for
eight days
Tara,
16, from Ipswich, Massachusetts, arrived at the World Trade Center on the night
of the 11th. The dog and her handler Lee Prentiss were there for eight days
Kaiser,
12, pictured at home in Indianapolis, Indiana, was deployed to the World Trade
Center on September 11 and searched tirelessly for people in the rubble
Bretagne
and his owner Denise Corliss from Cypress, Texas, arrived at the site in New
York on September 17, remaining there for ten days
Guinness,
15, from Highland, California, started work at the site with Sheila McKee on
the morning of September 13 and was deployed at the site for 11 days
Merlyn
and his handler Matt Claussen were deployed to Ground Zero on September 24,
working the night shift for five days
Red,
11, from Annapolis, Maryland, went with Heather Roche to the Pentagon from
September 16 until the 27 as part of the Bay Area Recovery Canines
Abigail,
above, was deployed on the evening of September 17, searching for 10 days
while
Tuff arrived in New York at 11:00 pm on the day of attack to start working
early the next day
Handler
Julie Noyes and Hoke were deployed to the World Trade Center from their home in
Denver on September 24 and searched for five days
Scout
and another unknown dog lie among the rubble at Ground Zero, just two of nearly
100 search and rescue animals who helped to search for survivors
During
the chaos of the 9/11 attacks, where almost 3,000 people died, nearly 100 loyal
search and rescue dogs and their brave owners scoured Ground Zero for
survivors.
Now,
ten years on, just 12 of these heroic canines survive, and they have been
commemorated in a touching series of portraits entitled 'Retrieved'.
The
dogs worked tirelessly to search for anyone trapped alive in the rubble, along
with countless emergency service workers and members of the public.
Traveling
across nine states in the U.S. from Texas to Maryland, Dutch photographer
Charlotte Dumas, 34, captured the remaining dogs in their twilight years in
their homes where they still live with their handlers, a full decade on from
9/11.
Their
stories have now been compiled in a book, called Retrieved, which is published
on Friday, the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
Noted
for her touching portraits of animals, especially dogs, Charlotte wanted
'Retrieved' to mark not only the anniversary of the September 2001 attacks, but
also as recognition for some of the first responders and their dogs.
'I
felt this was a turning point, especially for the dogs, who although are not
forgotten, are not as prominent as the human stories involved,' explained
Charlotte, who splits her time between New York and Amsterdam.
'They
speak to us as a different species and animals are greatly important for our
sense of empathy and to put things into perspective.'
Charles
Mayfield
Passed on to me in an email that I want to share with you -
Vincent D. Cat
