{"id":85744,"date":"2024-10-18T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=85744"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T06:16:10","slug":"dogs-eyes-say-it-all-after-firefighter-rescues-him-from-hurricane-milton-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/dogs-eyes-say-it-all-after-firefighter-rescues-him-from-hurricane-milton-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog\u2019s \u201cEyes Say It All\u201d After Firefighter Rescues Him From Hurricane Milton Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency workers have been hard at work rescuing all the animals who were displaced by the storm. In one heartwarming rescue story, a Florida firefighter saved a dog from floodwaters \u2014 and the dog\u2019s \u201ceyes said it all\u201d \u2764\ufe0f\n</p><p>Hillsborough County Fire Rescue was among the many Florida departments doing essential, life-saving work in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton last week.\n<figure id='\"attachment_85746\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85746\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85746' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/462713506_849326494047568_4757357348574320961_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1080\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/462713506_849326494047568_4757357348574320961_n.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85746\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida\/Facebook\n<p>Cpt. Dusty Mascaro of the department\u2019s search and rescue team was on duty when he came across a citizen in need: a Bernese mountain dog, stranded in high flood waters.\n</p><p>Cpt. Mascaro came to the rescue, carrying the dog to safety. Safe inside his vehicle, the dog looked at him with gratitude, captured in an unforgettable photo.\n<figure id='\"attachment_85747\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85747\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85747' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/462767879_849326504047567_435927442915042420_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1080\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/462767879_849326504047567_435927442915042420_n.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85747\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida\/Facebook\n<p>\u201cThis dog\u2019s eyes say it all,\u201d Hillsborough County Fire Rescue wrote on Facebook, calling it a \u201cbeautiful moment of pure gratitude and love.\u201d\n<figure id='\"attachment_85745\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85745\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85745' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/461990143_849350450711839_8484767834042960075_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1079\"' height='\"1436\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461990143_849350450711839_8484767834042960075_n.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85745\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida\/Facebook\n<p>Many people online were moved by this heartwarming rescue and this sweet grateful dog. \u201cLook at that dog\u2019s eyes \u2013 he knows he was saved,\u201d one reply reads.\n</p><p>\u201cThis is the proof of gratitude for saving the dog\u2019s life! It should be made into a poster and framed,\u201d another person commented.\n<figure id='\"attachment_85748\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85748\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85748' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/462768791_849326527380898_9216166155771016442_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1080\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/462768791_849326527380898_9216166155771016442_n.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85748\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida\/Facebook\n<p>Many people suggested that Mascaro should adopt the dog, but it\u2019s not clear whether the animal has a home already.\n</p><p>It was just one of the many animal rescues the department has performed since Hurricane Milton: they wrote on Facebook on October 11 that they have rescued 104 pets so far, \u201censuring that no one\u2014human or animal\u2014is left behind.\u201d\n<figure id='\"attachment_85749\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85749\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' alignnone><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85749' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/462888077_849326500714234_8880617694374634000_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1080\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/462888077_849326500714234_8880617694374634000_n.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85749\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida\/Facebook\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve and protect all members of our community, big and small.\u201d\n</p><p>Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, made landfall in Florida on October 9 and caused catastrophic property damage and power outages, and killed at least 24 people.\n</p><p>But even with all the devastation, we can still look to positive stories like this one for hope.\n</p><p>Thank you to this firefighter for saving this grateful dog! His eyes really do say it all \u2014 he knows he\u2019s safe and loved \u2764\ufe0f\n</p><p>Source: theanimalclub.net\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Emergency workers have been hard at work rescuing all the animals who were displaced by the storm. In one heartwarming rescue story, a Florida firefighter saved a dog from floodwaters \u2014 and the dog\u2019s \u201ceyes said it all\u201d \u2764\ufe0f Hillsborough County Fire Rescue was among the many Florida departments doing essential, life-saving work in the &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":85750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[1428,1424,693],"class_list":["post-85744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-florida","tag-hurricane-milton","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85751,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85744\/revisions\/85751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></figcaption></figure></p></figcaption></figure></p></figcaption></figure></p></figcaption></figure></p></figcaption></figure></p>