A touching story: Beloved pet was found under the rubble of the house

John Byler Dunn survived a disastrous tornado in Washington, Illinois by hiding in his basement. Nearby were his beloved children - eight, five, 2.5 and 1.5 years old. However, one important family member was missing. Before the tornado began, Byler tried to drag the family's pet, a dog named Maggie, into the basement, but the frightened animal hid in its booth, and Byler did not have time to run after her. When it was all over, the family got to the surface and saw that their house, and with it the dog house, had turned into a pile of rubble. The dog was nowhere...

(Total 8 photos)

1. John Byler Dunn no longer hoped to see their beloved pet alive.

2. However, almost 30 hours later, when the family and her friends were sorting out the rubble of the house, they suddenly heard a faint yelp coming from under the rubble.

3. They immediately began to dig and soon found Maggie under the rubble, wrapped in a piece of carpet.

4. John burst into tears like a child: Maggie was shaking, dirty, obviously hurt. But alive!

5. After drinking a frightened dog, John posted her photo on his Facebook page, and friends organized a trip to the nearest veterinary clinic.

6. It turned out that Maggie had a dislocated hip. The dog is 11 years old and John adopted her when she was only 4 months old.

7. “I thanked the Lord that my wife and children were alive and well, but finding Maggie under the rubble is a real miracle,” admits John.

8. Doctors in the veterinary clinic, by the way, do not rush to conclusions: it seems that Maggie's hip was simply dislocated, but not broken, as they had previously feared. Thousands of volunteers immediately donated money for Maggie's treatment - if you still have to do the operation, it will cost from 600 to 1000 dollars. However, by the end of the same day that Maggie's photos went online, the veterinarian's account had received $3,500. “Maggie doesn’t need that much,” the doctor tried to explain, but people continue to donate money, allowing them to be spent on other four-legged patients of the clinic.