Man dies Trying to Rescue Dog from Basin

This just happened yesterday. I am not sure I would have done anything differently, though I don't know the environment they were in. I think this is a testimony about how much some people love their pets and would certainly risk their lives for them. Unfortunately this gentleman lost his...
-Rachel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090201279.html


Man Dies Trying to Rescue Dog From Basin

The Associated Press
Saturday, September 2, 2006; 10:50 PM



TELFORD, Pa. -- A man who tried to rescue his dog from a flooded retention basin was sucked into a drainage pipe Saturday and died, police said.

Thomas V. Chipley and his wife were walking their golden retriever in a neighborhood park when the dog jumped into the overflowing basin fed by two drainage streams, authorities said. The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto had brought rain across the state.

The dog was drawn into the basin's outflow pipe, and Chipley went into the basin to try to rescue the animal but was also pulled into the pipe, police said.

His wife, whose name was not released, tried to pull him out but was unable to do so.

Emergency workers removed a manhole cover to gain access to the pipe, police said. Chipley was pulled out, but emergency room doctors were unable to revive him, Bucks County Coroner Dr. Joseph Campbell said.

Campbell ruled the death an accidental drowning. The victim's wife was also taken to the hospital for treatment.

The dog was found alive, although with scrapes and bruises, where the pipe empties into a stream, police said.