Tiny, Injured Dog Is Trapped on Busy Florida Freeway–Then Courageous Cop Runs Out to Help

Tiny, Injured Dog Is Trapped on Busy Florida Freeway–Then Courageous Cop Runs Out to Help
Photo courtesy of Officer Joseph Puglia
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Pinellas Park police officer performs daring doggy rescue on Interstate 275

It was a terrible sight to witness for anyone, but especially for an animal lover like Officer Joseph Puglia of the Pinellas Park Police Department: a dog that had somehow got loose on Interstate 275, one of the busiest highways in the Tampa Bay area, and was struck by a truck.

“I saw his body slide across the road and he wasn’t moving,” Puglia told The Epoch Times. “My heart sank because I thought he was dead.”