Herding Bronze Cats

The Search and Rescue Dog Memorial in West Orange New Jersey pays tribute to the dogs who found survivors after the attack on the World Trade Center. Photo Credit: NJ.com Bretagne and handler Denise Corlis. Photo Credit BARk On this September 11th I wanted to briefly post about one of the memorials dedicated to the rescuers who risked their lives to save the survivors of that horrible event. I’m not going to rehash the events of the terrorist attack on New York and Washington DC that occurred 17 years ago. However, anyone who watched the response live or has spent any time watching documentaries and other video of it knows that an indispensable part of the search and rescue (SAR) response was dogs. About 350 SAR dogs from New York, New Jersey, and eventually the rest of the country came to the towers to help locate survivors and bodies. The dogs and their handlers searched 16 acres of dangerous wreckage. It’s impossible to say how many lives were saved by the dogs, but certa...

Dizzy appears alert, awaiting his master's call to bring the next load of lights up the mountain. Author's Collection Warning: This may be part one of Dizzy's story. I have reached out to a couple of people in Palmer Lake (including the statue's artist) to learn more. If I hear back I'll add a new Dizzy entry. I haven't had a chance to write here lately. I've been too busy. If you're actually following this blog regularly please accept my apology for the time you waited for this entry. "Come Dizzy" Donna Arndt, Palmer Lake Historical Society 2006. Author's Collection I visited Palmer Lake recently to see the monument to Dizzy the dog. Dizzy is remembered with an amazing bronze in the small park between Palmer Lake’s Historic Society and Town Hall. Dizzy's statue is the finest, most detailed statue that I've seen so far in my quest to visit memorials to animals. Dizzy is also the first monument I've talked about to a...