Jesse is a hero dog

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/her...cnn_topstories

Dog saves owner from fire, dies trying to rescue cat
ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin (AP) -- After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying unsuccessfully to rescue the cat.

Jamie Hanson said her 13-year-old dog Jesse brought her artificial leg and a phone she used to call 911.

"She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went up there to get the cat, and she wouldn't come back to me," Hanson, 49, said at a news conference Monday at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, where she was being treated for her injuries.

She received third-degree arm burns in the fire Sunday night at her home in Rhine, south of Elkhart Lake. Both pets died.

Hanson, who lost a leg in a car accident three years ago, said she was on the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back of the couch.

"And he jumped onto a table that had a candle on it and tipped it over and lighted the artificial plants on fire," she said.

Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her artificial leg from the table, "so my dog got my leg for me and went and got the phone and brought the phone to me so I could call 911."

Wow - what an amazing dog! So sad that the dog didn't make it out...what a true hero.

A very sad and touching story. :(
The most touching part is when Jesse went back for the cat.That just shows that love has no bonds between speices

That is so sad. :(

Jesse was really amazing, it's too bad that both she and the cat weren't able to make it out.

I just read this story!

Poor dog. My heart goes out to its family. She is a hero.

that poor dog! :( he is a true loyal hero trying to save the kitty!

That is such a sad story :(

And all because of a Candle being tipped over by accident. That poor , poor woman!!!! Losing her precious dog and cat so quickly!!!!

That just breaks my heart!!!

Jesse is a true hero. RIP Jesse. He died for his family...now that's what I call loyal.

Dogs are amazing, and I will never doubt that.

Prayers for the poor woman as well. She lost to pets. :(