I hope you've read my books about Famous Dogs. I love to share stories that show how we help our humans whenever and wherever we can.
But every time I finish a book, I find another story. I just learned about Nora, a dog who received a John P. Haines medal from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York City.
Nora lived with the Coast Guardsman in North Carolina. Like most of us, she had a sense that told her when humans needed help.
One day, Evans Mitchell, one of the men guarding the coast, fainted and fell to the ground. He lay on the beach at the Oregon Inlet, unconscious. Nora knew something was terribly wrong. She grabbed his cap and ran back to the station. After she alerted the guardsmen there, she ran to another guardsman on patrol and led him back to Mitchell. Without her warning, he may have died from exposure. Nora saved his life.
She's definitely a hero in my book.
