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Alpena Fire Department firefighter/paramedic Chris Morrison smiles during a visit from Loki, the husky he helped save from the Thunder Bay River on Jan. 8.
ALPENA “They even watched it in Australia,” Alpena Fire Department firefighter/paramedic Chris Morrison marvelled, shaking his head at the hubbub over a video of a dog rescue that went viral.
The icy waters of Thunder Bay River were both perpetrator and backdrop as Morrison, encased in protective gear, swam to the rescue of a husky on Jan. 8.
Caught on video and shared online, the rescue became an international sensation in days, viewed and shared across the country and as far away as Australia.