An empty home in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota, was once filled with a family of four. Nate Meidel and his partner Katie Faragher were running errands on Oct. 26. They had left their dog Pearl and their cat at home While out grabbing sandwiches, the couple received a phone call from a neighbor saying there was smoke coming from their home.Tim O’Neil of the Scandia Fire Department arrived promptly and saw something unusual whilst putting out the fire. “I put out the fire, and that’s when I found Pearl. I just felt part of her head behind a couch,” O’Neil said.He then carried a limp pit bull out of the house.”She was not doing well,” Steven Greenhow with the local EMS team said.Greenhow and his team tried to give her oxygen, but the mask didn’t fit.”It just wasn’t working,” Greenhow said.When county sheriff’s deputies arrived, they had an idea to use a cup to help Pearl get the oxygen from the mask.”They had cut a hole in it, I put some tape on the end of the McDonald’s cup and started filling with oxygen,” Greenhow said.This helped Pearl recover.”A few minutes later, Tim came out with our kitty cat, did everything they could. It was too late for the kitty, but well, we have Pearly,” Meidel said.Now, Pearl is nearly back to normal, and her dad wanted to give thanks, so he left a voicemail for the EMS chief.”We don’t have children but we have a dog we love and a kitty cat that they did absolutely everything they possibly could for. I hope you’re really proud of them and I hope you can pat the entire crew on the back for us,” Meidel said.But there’s no better way to pay back gratitude than face-to-face.She got to see the team that saved her once again, this time with pets and toys instead of oxygen masks.”We see a lot of bad stuff being first responders and to get just this little bit of good. I guess that’s the reason that we do it,” O’Neil said.
An empty home in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota, was once filled with a family of four. Nate Meidel and his partner Katie Faragher were running errands on Oct. 26. They had left their dog Pearl and their cat at home
While out grabbing sandwiches, the couple received a phone call from a neighbor saying there was smoke coming from their home.
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Tim O’Neil of the Scandia Fire Department arrived promptly and saw something unusual whilst putting out the fire.
“I put out the fire, and that’s when I found Pearl. I just felt part of her head behind a couch,” O’Neil said.
He then carried a limp pit bull out of the house.
“She was not doing well,” Steven Greenhow with the local EMS team said.
Greenhow and his team tried to give her oxygen, but the mask didn’t fit.
“It just wasn’t working,” Greenhow said.
When county sheriff’s deputies arrived, they had an idea to use a cup to help Pearl get the oxygen from the mask.
“They had cut a hole in it, I put some tape on the end of the McDonald’s cup and started filling with oxygen,” Greenhow said.
This helped Pearl recover.
“A few minutes later, Tim came out with our kitty cat, did everything they could. It was too late for the kitty, but well, we have Pearly,” Meidel said.
Now, Pearl is nearly back to normal, and her dad wanted to give thanks, so he left a voicemail for the EMS chief.
“We don’t have children but we have a dog we love and a kitty cat that they did absolutely everything they possibly could for. I hope you’re really proud of them and I hope you can pat the entire crew on the back for us,” Meidel said.
But there’s no better way to pay back gratitude than face-to-face.
She got to see the team that saved her once again, this time with pets and toys instead of oxygen masks.
“We see a lot of bad stuff being first responders and to get just this little bit of good. I guess that’s the reason that we do it,” O’Neil said.
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