>>> BACK WITH ANOTHER REMARKABLE
STORY THAT CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED
AS A GODWINK. >> THATS THE NAME OF THE BOOK
SERIES BY OUR FRIEND AND AUTHOR
SQUIRE RUSHNELL.
SQUIRE RUSHNELL. >> UH-HUH.
>> UH-HUH. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> TODAYS STORY IS ABOUT RUBY.
AS A PUPPY RUBY THE AUSTRALIAN
SHEPHERD AND BORDER COLLIE WAS ONLY TWO HOURS AWAY FROM BEING
PUT DOWN.
PUT DOWN. SHED BEEN RETURNED TO THE
ANIMAL SHELTER FIVE TIMES
BECAUSE OF UNMANAGEABLE
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR.
>> YEAH.
>> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT RUBY AND RHODE ISLAND STATEHAT
RUBY AND RHODE ISLAND STATE TROOPER DANIEL ONEAL WOULD TEAM
UP IN THE CANINE UNIT AND
EXPERIENCE AN INCREDIBLE
GODWINK.
GODWINK.
>> NOBODY SEMIS IT LIKE YOU.
>> DURING MY FIRST SEVEN YEARS AS A TROOPER I TOLD EVERYONE MY
DREAM TO WORK IN THE K-9 UNIT.
I GOT A CALL FROM THE HEAD OF
THE UNIT, SERGEANT MATTHEW S
ZARELA.
ZARELA.
HE SAID THERE WAS A DOG NAMED RUBY.ID THERE WAS A DOG NAMED
RUBY.
SHE WAS RAMBUNCTIOUS AND SMART. A LADY VOLUNTEER WORKED WITHRT.
A LADY VOLUNTEER WORKED WITH RUBY TRYING TO MAKE HER
ADOPTABLE.
ADOPTABLE.
WHEN THE DOG WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM BEING PUT DOWN THE WOMANURS
FROM BEING PUT DOWN THE WOMAN WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE DOG TO
BE OFFERED TO THE RHODE ISLAND
STATE POLICE.
I GOT MY WISH AND WAS ASSIGNED RUBY. MY WISH AND WAS ASSIGNED
RUBY.
I BROUGHT HER HOME. MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT, WE HAD A
TODDLER AND ANOTHER DOG.
RUBY RAN INTO THE LIVING ROOM
AND LEFT ME A PRESENT.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONSHIP.
FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS I
DIDNT LET HER OUT OF MY SIGHT.
I KEPT TRYING TO TRAIN HER. SOMETIMES I WOULD LOOK AT OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE K-9 UNIT WITH
THEIR HIGH PRICED CANINES BRED
FOR POLICE WORK AND SAY, HOW DID I GET THIS DISASTER?SAY, HOW DID
I GET THIS DISASTER? IT WASNT EASY.
I WANTED MY DREAM TO COME TRUE,
SO I HAD TO MAKE IT WORK.
TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND ONCE RUBY
WAS IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT SHE
TURNED THE CORNER.
EVENTUALLY SHE EARNED HER POLICE
BADGE FOR HER COLLAR.
NOW SHES BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
PARTNER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
IN OUR POLICE WORK SHES LED ME
ON TEN MISSING PERSONS CASES,
THREE OF WHICH WERE FOUND ALIVE.
LAST OCTOBER I GOT A CALL.
THEY STATED A TEENAGE BOY HAD
BEEN MISSING FOR 36 HOURS.
IN ORDER TO CREATE A VICTIM
PROFILE I VISITED HIS MOTHER
PAT.
PAT.
SHE TOLD ME WHERE HER SON LIKED TO HIKE. ME WHERE HER SON LIKED
TO HIKE. RUBY AND I ALONG WITH ANOTHER
TROOPER AND HIS DOG WERE HALF A
MILE INTO THE WOODS.
WE SPLIT UP TO COVER MORE
TERRITORY.
TERRITORY.
RUBY BOLTED. I FOLLOWED HER TO THE TOP OF THE
LEDGE.
LEDGE.
I SAW A BODY FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND. BODY FACE DOWN ON THE
GROUND.
RUBY WAS LICKING THE PERSONS FACE TRYING TO REVIVE THEM.S
FACE TRYING TO REVIVE THEM. I SCRAMBLED DOWN THE HILL,
NOTICED A YOUNG MAN.
I FLIPPED HIM OVER.
HIS HEAD WAS BADLY RAS LYLY LACE
HE HAD A FAINT PULSE.
I RADIOED OTHER UNITS GIVING
THEM OUR COORDINATES.
THEY GOT INTO THE WOODS BUT COULDNT LOCATE US.WOODS BUT
COULDNT LOCATE US. I TOLD RUBY TO START BARKING.
ON THE RADIO WE SAID, WE HEAR
YOUR DOG.
YOUR DOG. KEEP HER BARKING.
THE YOUNG MAN WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE MOTHERS USE.NT STRAIGHT TO THE MOTHERS
USE.
SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HEAR THE NEWS SHE BEGAN TO CRY. HEAR THE
NEWS SHE BEGAN TO CRY. PAT ASKED, DO YOU KNOW OF A DOG
NAMED RUBY?
NAMED RUBY? I WAS TAKEN ABACK.
I SAID, YES.
RUBY IS MY K-9 PARTNER WHO FOUND
YOUR DOG.
YOUR DOG.
SHE SAID, IM THE VOLUNTEER TRAINER WHO TRIED TOUNTEER
TRAINER WHO TRIED TO REHABILITATE RUBY AS A PUPPY.
I HEARD SHE WAS ADOPTED BY THE
STATE POLICE AND BECAME A MEMBER
OF THE K-9 UNIT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
THE DOG WHOSE LIFE SHE SAVED
SEVEN YEARS AGO ENDS UP SAVING
HER SONS LIFE.
WOW.
WOW.
THATS A GODWINK.
>> THATS INCREDIBLE.
>> THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT PERSISTENCE AND FAITH PRODUCES
GODWINKS.
GODWINKS.
>> AMEN. >> THAT BOY IS JUST FINE.
>> IS HE?
>> IS HE? GREAT.
GREAT. >> HES DOING WELL TODAY AND
RUBY IS A FINALIST IN THE ASPCA
HERO DOG AWARD.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY --
>> WE VOTE FOR RUBY!
>> RUBY!
>> RUBY! >> THATS AWESOME.
>> AND THAT FOOTAGE CAME FROM A
FILM CALLED "SEARCH DOG" WHICH
YOU CAN FIND ON LINE.