Dramatic video shows Florida deputy saving K-9 that jumped from 75-foot-high bridge
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A dramatic video shows a Brevard County Sheriff’s Office deputy saving her K-9 partner after he jumped from a 75-foot-high bridge.
The video shows Deputy Lauren Donaldson returning to her vehicle following an arrest on the 528 Causeway bridge when K-9 Zeppelin suddenly leaps over the guardrail and off the bridge. Donaldson is seen tightly holding on to the dog’s lead, then reaching over the railing to pull Zeppelin back onto the bridge.
“Lauren’s rescue of her beloved partner is even more amazing when you consider that “Zeppelin,” a Belgian Malinois weighs approximately 75 pounds and Lauren weighs 122 pounds when she is soaking wet and holding a bowling ball, yet somehow she managed to not panic and pull “Zeppelin” back to safety!!” the sheriff’s office posted on Facebook. “Without Lauren’s fast action there is no question that “Zeppelin” would have fallen approximately 75 feet into the Indian River and most likely to his death!!”
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said he was “still mad at “Zeppelin” for giving us all a huge scare, but am so grateful that he is okay and unharmed!!”
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