Captain Rick Lee of Sacramento City Fire and his partner Ana, a rescued Golden Retriever, were one of SDF’s very first search teams. In addition to being on call for major state and national disasters, Rick and Ana (like other SDF search teams) serve their community by responding to local emergencies. Some …
Chapter 1 – The call we hope to never get My name is Richard Lee, Fire Captain with the City of Sacramento, California for 21 years. On September 11, 2001, I had been a member of the California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 7 as a Canine Search Specialist …
September 11, 2001On September 11th, America witnessed the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history when the World Trade Center was destroyed and 2,819 people were killed. A call was sent out nationwide by the Federal Government for the most highly trained canine search teams to help at the disaster …
Gus was a Golden Retriever born on April 23, 1997. He was purchased to be a hunting dog and was sent to a trainer. Gus did not react well to this kind of training, and his owner was displeased, so Gus was taken to a Golden Retriever Rescue Group and left …
April 19, 1995 At 9:03 a.m., just after parents dropped their children off at daycare at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, the unthinkable happened. A massive bomb inside a rental truck exploded, blowing half of the nine-story building into oblivion. A stunned nation watched as the bodies of …
