'A life is a life. You kind of treat it as such in a situation like that,' Deputy Michael Gregorek said about the rescue.
A sheriff's deputy in Colorado is being hailed as a hero after a video of him saving a dog from a burning vehicle went viral.on Thursday, showing the point of view of Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Gregorek arriving at the scene after receiving a call about a vehicle fire. As the clip starts, the deputy begins knocking out windows on the car with a baton and checking inside with a flashlight.
Once this was accomplished, he ran the dog to a nearby snow pile to cool off. The incident took place on January 22, according to the sheriff's department. As of Sunday afternoon, the video had received over 330,000 views on Facebook, while also generating 7,300 reactions and over 850 comments. "It flipped [the] switch from 'It's obviously not a crime' to 'Now we have a life,'" Gregorek continued."Hank comes to the back window, he's salivating, you can tell that he's in distress. [The] owner was trying to pull him out, not successfully...
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