From the archives: This story was last updated in July 2019.
When Sacramento firefighter Mike Thawley discovered an abandoned pit bull puppy alone and shivering out in the rain one October, he couldn’t bear to leave her where she was in the awful weather.She had been tied up to a post, but no one was around to come back for her—leaving her for what had likely been far too long without a way to escape and get food or a dry place to sleep.