Arrest in dog rescue outrages pet lovers

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[NittanyLion]

Wrong. He's the only one asserting this.

From the article: Police said Martin initially told an officer on the scene that he wanted to go back into his second-story apartment to save the dog. The officer denied his request but immediately told firefighters that a dog was in the unit, police said. Firefighters told the officer it was too hot to go in the building, but they would make a rescue attempt as soon as they could knock down the flames.

Perhaps you should've read to the end of the article before commenting...

All the firefighters and police at the scene are unanimous in their assertion that they told him that it was simply too dangerous, and that they had to consider human lives first.

I thought he was the only one asserting that he asked them in the first place? So your position is that he didn't ask them to rescue the dog, and also that the police are unanimous in their assertion that they told him it was too dangerous when he asked? Nice logic.

Personally, now, just because I'm sick of you people who're supporting this redneck jerk over the firefighters and policemen--at this time of all times--I hope he gets the book thrown at him for an example.

You just can't let your argument stand based on the facts, can you? You're so certain your factual argument has little merit you continually have to insert slurs and ad hominem attacks.

Pathetic.

[Terriergal]

Well, he's probably blissfully unaware. :-\ I hadnt' seen the footage, so I'll take your word for it.

[Area51]

You're making a HUGE, HUGE reach here. That's not what the guy said, and you know it.
219 posted on 04/22/2003 5:27 PM PDT by Illbay

Actually I posted EXACTLY what he said. Note the Quotation marks. You are the one defending their actions. Don't twist or ingore facts in support of these government beaurocrats that refuse to do a job we pay them to do. Deal with it!

[Ben Bolt]

Yes of course . And next week you will have jumped over this fence . Then that fence . Then that fence over here & back again . Who do you think you are kidding ?

[Texas Eagle]

All's well that ends well, eh?

[HairOfTheDog]

MSNBC just ran a story about a Dallas Apartment fire LAST NIGHT where a 'teen' boy ran back into a building repeatedly and saved several children, against the orders of the Fire Department. MSNBC had video of an interview and footage of the kid running back in, and coming out with kids. There were not scenes shown of the Fire Fighters running out with kids also, but that may have been creative editing.

The kid was apparently is apparently jailed now for a parole violation warrant they found out about.

I can't for the life of me find a verson of the story to post at MSNBC or elsewhere so far. Are one of you better able to search AP wires and such?

I found this story at DallasNews.com | Dallas-Fort Worth | Local News, but it doesn't mention the kid, and the video reports there were two major fires over the weekend. (you have to register to see the source - ack)

Fire displaces Dallas apartment dwellers

04/28/2003

By MATT STILES and LESLEY TELLEZ / The Dallas Morning News

A four-alarm fire displaced residents from more than two dozen units at a northwest Dallas apartment complex Sunday night and sent one firefighter to the hospital.

Fire officials said no residents were injured. But a Dallas firefighter suffered burns to his neck. He was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

The fire started about 8 p.m. at Fox Hollow Apartments in the 9500 block of Royal Lane. Investigators had not determined late Sunday what caused the fire or where it started, but the blaze gutted one of several buildings in the complex.

Richard McFarland, who has lived in the complex for two years, said he was sitting in his apartment when he smelled smoke.

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Video: Brad Hawkins reports

Mr. McFarland, who said he did not have insurance, rushed out, then watched firefighters spray water into his apartment. But not before the fire charred his satellite dish.

Fortunately, he said, fire officials saved much of his apartment.

"You hang onto things all your life, you know, things that are important to you," Mr. McFarland said. "I want to see what's left.

"At least I have something to walk back into. Many people don't."

The Red Cross was assisting fire officials with the displaced residents, who will be transferred temporarily to empty apartments in the complex, fire officials said.

Eighty firefighters fought the blaze for more than an hour. Thirty-six units were damaged, although 10 were vacant. Royal Lane at Abrams Road was shut down for at least two hours.

Thad Adams said a neighbor alerted him to the smoke. He thought the fire started on the top floor of the three-story building and spread to neighboring units.

"I could hear the air coming in through the shingles," he said. "It was like a sizzling can of beans."

E-mail ltellez@dallasnews.com

and mstiles@dallasnews.com

[cmsgop]

You are correct! If it was my dog and there was time to save it, You bet

[Jhoffa_]

..saved several children, against the orders of the Fire Department.

Good for him.

Give him a medal, throw him in jail over the PV and make sure it's prominently mentioned to his parole officer and the court when he goes before them.

Saving peoples lives like that should cover allot of ground at his parole hearing. Hard for me to believe someone like that is not worth working with and polishing a little, criminal or no.

[HairOfTheDog]

Agreed. - and the kid interviewed like a nice kid... Didn't seem like a irrepairably broken kid to me!

[sinkspur]

I saw the fire in question; it was in Abilene, Texas, not Dallas. And I saw the same thing you did. The guy rescued three or four kids. Where in hell was the fire department?

I just sat down, so I'll do some searching.