Firefighters rescue puppy using vacuum cleaner

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008: 

Washington, Dec 30 (RIA Novosti) A puppy was rescued from an abandoned well in the US state of Pennsylvania with the help of a vacuum cleaner, media said Tuesday.

 

The Shih Tzu puppy named Romeo fell into the well in Plum Borough over the weekend, wpxi.com reported.

 

 

Firefighters d spent three hours trying to get the dog out of a pipe witout result.

 

 

'Eventually, we hooked up an industrial-strength vacuum and sized it down to about one inch. We caught on to one of the dog's legs and got it out. It was a miracle,' assistant fire chief Jim Scuffle was quoted as saying.

 

 

However, Romeo was out of breath as it emerged from the well and firefighters had to resuscitate.