This dog needed a hero – and got one!

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	This dog needed a hero – and got one!

Lexica

11-13-2009 3:09 PM

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11-13-2009 3:34 PM

shaor

aawwwww that clip made me cry tears of joy! What a wonderful story, thank you so much for clipping that Lexica!

11-14-2009 12:36 PM

murieleileen

this is the kind of things we nee to hear more of

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6925f44b-16dd-4583-9a46-24e4d036360c/D9BE59D5-8799-47EF-BDED-3FC16D6F6D4B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/" href="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/" style="font-size: 11px;">thechive.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/">Galeforce gusts blew this Maltese-shitz right off Brighton Pier in Victoria, Australia. Sue Drummond could only look on helplessly as her dog, ironically named Bi Bi, was swept into the angry waves.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/E906A79C-EF24-4F59-BCB7-529CF33FB014" alt="dog-hero-lead" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/CF7AB99A-2430-4F26-8FC6-C39DA6D3B4A1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/0384608D-A460-4420-B2ED-BF6069F5B8C1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/">Luckily, Raden Soemawinata was nearby and took action. Raden stripped down and dove into the bay to save helpless dog.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/C86F9316-772E-45B9-88A1-E1BE1DE92F3D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/33DA4FE3-C57C-4AAC-A85F-F6186A30EE88" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/8B8CFAF3-41FE-44B9-9FE8-BE8B401839BE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/EACE19CF-60F8-4A26-B806-0D15351725FE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/B8105B91-C6A7-4D55-A76E-8E069A4D2238" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/237BF6C5-C4A5-4B00-BDBB-D3C6FD698B54" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thechive.com/img/089F46B9-F474-4D51-82F9-6E2322832A7F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thechive.com/2009/11/this-dog-could-use-a-hero-10-photos/">Raden was a humble hero about the situation saying, “It was pretty cold and windy, but it wasn’t such a hard decision to jump in, it wasn’t such a great feat.” He also added, “I’m a part-time model, so getting into my jocks isn’t so different to what I do for work.” God bless part-time models. Read the whole story <A href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25939366-2,00.html">here</A>.
UPDATE: Thanks to Lachlan at the<A href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/hello-bibi-i-feared-you-were-gone/story-e6frf7jo-1225762439807"> Herald Sun</A>, we’ve found out that Mr. Soemawinata was actually on the pier to spread his grandmother’s ashes into the bay.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D9BE59D5-8799-47EF-BDED-3FC16D6F6D4B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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