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Contributed by Erik Ulstead, West Des Moines, IA<\/p>\n

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Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n

What\u2019s the most heroic thing you\u2019ve seen someone do?<\/p>\n

Daring Danger<\/h3>\n

\"shutterstock_90565891edit\"<\/a>Firefighters are often called into dangerous circumstances.\u00a0 Typically, they are asked to rescue people from burning buildings and fiery explosions.\u00a0 Earlier this month, local firefighters in Kokomo, Indiana found themselves trying to extract a dog from a partially frozen creek.<\/p>\n

Like most dogs, Chancellor (or Chance, for short) loved to chase squirrels.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019ll chase anything with fur or feathers, but he always comes back,\u201d remarked owner Jimmy Prestler.\u00a0 Chance pursued the squirrel to a nearby park and onto a patch of ice.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m guessing the squirrel made it across the creek, but the dog didn\u2019t,\u201d said Dave King, battalion chief with the fire department.\u00a0 A person driving through the park saw the dog fall through the ice and stopped to help, but he was unable to save Chance and called the fire department.<\/p>\n

Firefighter Derek Pounds was given the chilly task of rescuing Chance.\u00a0 After a few minutes Pounds was able to slide across the creek pull the dog out of the water, with the aid of a cold-water rescue suit and an ice sled.\u00a0 Chance was shaking violently and had icicles frozen to his face.\u00a0 Pounds wrapped him in a blanket to warm and dry the dog.\u00a0 King said the dog likely would have died if he\u2019d been in the creek much longer.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s lucky someone saw what happened and called,\u201d he said. \u201cHad he not seen him, the dog would have frozen to death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prestler expressed gratitude to everyone involved in the rescue.\u00a0 \u201cI think I would have to get therapy if he didn\u2019t survive,\u201d Prestler said.\u00a0 \u201cWhenever I come home, it\u2019s like seeing my brother after five years.\u00a0 Chance just goes nuts every time.\u00a0 They not only saved his life, they saved mine, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n