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Dog
Saves Blind Computer Operator In World Trade Centre Tragedy
NEW YORK -- A blind computer operator has told
how his guide dog led him down 70 floors of the blazing World Trade
Centre to safety.
Trapped Eduardo Rivera had ordered labrador Dorado to leave without
him after the north tower was struck in Tuesday's terrorist attack.
But the devoted dog battled back through the flames to his owner's
side.
Then he braved the growing panic to negotiate him down hundreds of
stairs through thousands of frightened workers and outside the crumbling
building, reports the Daily Record.
Eduardo, 42, said: "I knew I couldn't run down the stairs through
all the obstacles and thought it wasn't fair that we should both die
in that hell.
"I thought I was lost forever as the noise and the heat were terrifying
but I had to give Dorado the chance to escape. But he was prepared to
die to save my life."
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