Family of 6 Escapes House Fire Thanks to Adopted Dog Who Wakes Them: ‘She’ll Never Quite Understand How Grateful We Are’

Family of 6 Escapes House Fire Thanks to Adopted Dog Who Wakes Them: ‘She’ll Never Quite Understand How Grateful We Are’
Courtesy of Devin Haegeman
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Just days before Christmas, one Minnesota dad woke in his house to the screams of his eldest daughter outside his bedroom door. He could smell smoke.

It turns out, the former National Guardsman, Devin Haegeman, 29, his wife, still enlisted Guardswoman Hannah, 23, and their four kids might not have escaped their burning Nevis home in time had it not been for Gracie—the family’s dog.

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