{"id":14459,"date":"2016-10-03T14:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14459"},"modified":"2016-10-03T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:10:34","slug":"henry-county-firefighters-rescue-dog-trapped-at-bottom-of-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14459","title":{"rendered":"Henry County Firefighters Rescue Dog Trapped at Bottom of Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

(KTIC<\/a>) \u2013 MCDONOUGH, Ga. \u2014 Firefighters saved the life of an elderly dog after he somehow fell down a 40-foot-deep well in McDonough, Georgia, according to county officials.<\/p>\n

The yellow Labrador retriever named Bama was \u201cdesperately trying to keep [his] head above water,\u201d when animal control officers found him on Monday afternoon, according to a post on the Henry County Animal Care and Control Department\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

The officers \u201crealized that an extraction of this sort was beyond [their] capabilities,\u201d so they immediately contacted the Henry County Fire Department for help, said a spokesperson for the county\u2019s animal care and control department.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe affectionately call them the \u2018Batman Department\u2019 because they have all the \u2018cool toys\u2019 and specialized equipment for situations like this that animal control departments don\u2019t have,\u201d the spokesperson told ABC News.<\/p>\n

The fire department\u2019s Technical Rescue Team shortly arrived on the scene and worked for over three hours to rescue Bama, according to Capt. Michael Black, public information officer for the Henry County Fire Department.<\/p>\n

The rescue team first pumped oxygen down the 40-foot-deep well before lowering a firefighter to get Bama back up, Black told ABC News today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dog was really friendly, and when he was out, he even seemed like he was going around to thank everyone,\u201d Black said. He added that Bama was determined to be OK and turned over to his owner without further incident.<\/p>\n