God bless that firefighter!
Every life is worth saving!

Kind and heroic acts like this give me shards of hope for humanity in relation to the animal kingdom...

Posted by: andi | January 22, 2010 06:28 PM

GREAT JOB!!!!!!I hope that dog finds a good home.But how did it get in the water for two hours.

Posted by: sydney | January 22, 2010 06:41 PM

Peta, please keep us updated on the dogs fate.

Posted by: Janet | January 22, 2010 07:24 PM

Accolades, plaudits, commendation and laudation for the brave fire-fighters who valiantly rescued a direly imperiled and priceless canine.

Posted by: Brien Comerford | January 22, 2010 08:32 PM

Amazing footage...poor scared dog, poor bitten hero!
This rescue is absolutely touching... Happy Weekend!

Posted by: klarasun | January 22, 2010 08:35 PM

Wow! Kudos to the firemen who helped this dog. These types of acts give me hope for humanity and remind me that there are people in this world with kindness.

Posted by: Bethany | January 22, 2010 10:50 PM

God Bless those firefighters in LA and those all over our great Country. I hope that dogs has a great home to go to.

Posted by: Corrine Koenig | January 22, 2010 11:21 PM

This was intense!

I am so happy!

Posted by: Shari | January 22, 2010 11:24 PM

Im soo proud and happy for them people :)
god bless them and keep them safe ! they are soo kind <3 x i hope they see all these people who love them and people should look up and copy them by helping animals <3

Posted by: Ciara | January 23, 2010 04:42 AM

now, thats a real man!

Posted by: Teresa | January 23, 2010 07:21 AM

Above and beyond...blessings!

Posted by: AAG | January 23, 2010 11:23 AM

If the dog does not have a guardian, I hope someone adopts him so he and his rescuers did not go through all that only to have to euthanize the poor dog.

Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | January 23, 2010 12:00 PM

They definitly deserve it!

Posted by: John Carmody | January 23, 2010 12:20 PM

Great job! Please keep us posted on the dogs progress. Keep up the excellent work!
THanks for all you do.

Posted by: Stephanie Jene Garrett | January 23, 2010 01:45 PM

I have a feeling someone threw the dog over the bridge, that's why he was so terrified of humans. Anyway, THANK YOU firefighters, you deserve lots of blessings after saving an innocent life.

Posted by: NT | January 23, 2010 05:58 PM

Who do you call when "the shirt is burning"? Firefighters! This video made me very happy!

Posted by: Jay | January 23, 2010 06:13 PM

A very heartwarming story. Thank you LA Fire Dept. Special thanks to the selfless firefighter who rescued the dog.

Posted by: lynda downie | January 23, 2010 10:13 PM

Even though the terrified Pooch tried to take his arm and hand off, this brave man held on and ultimately saved the dog's life. I salute him for his humanity and bravery.

Posted by: Mike Matthews | January 24, 2010 02:05 AM

Every life is precious and worth saving. Thank you LA firefighters! Hope that darling doggie gets a loving. forever home. He/she deserves it.

Posted by: Barbara Case | January 24, 2010 03:47 AM

Definitely a HERO

Posted by: Shirley Strang | January 24, 2010 04:20 AM

Ow yeah!!! Great job!! Nice to see, that some of the human beings still care..

Posted by: Nathalie | January 24, 2010 11:34 AM

nice! i am against animal testing it is so horrible i hate mcdonalds they taste bad anyways and never been to kfc... -_- GO PETA!

Posted by: jina | January 24, 2010 01:13 PM

Wonderful! I was hoping that PETA would make note of this when I saw it on Fox News. Way to go L.A. City fire dept.!

Posted by: Curtis | January 24, 2010 02:00 PM

I am very happy for he poor thing :)

But what ticks me off is the thought that if that was a squirrel in that situation no one would care about the squirell, but when its a dog they do. It irritates me how people take certain animals over others :/

Posted by: Amanda | January 24, 2010 03:43 PM

It irritates me also, is it the familiarity, the size?
Interesting is: give an animal a name and it gets a friend (remember the goat)

Posted by: klarasun | January 25, 2010 03:50 PM

Just amazing!

Posted by: Rad_Rosa89 | January 25, 2010 03:50 PM

Great rewards awaiting those fire fighters.

Posted by: Yarub | January 25, 2010 03:57 PM

It's times like these that remind me that the human race hasn't gone to pot. If more people were like this, the world would be a better place.

Posted by: abigail | January 26, 2010 04:46 AM

Real men don't hurt animals....this guy is a hero.

Posted by: SHARON RIDSDALE | January 26, 2010 09:42 PM

There's not enough words to describe how proud and happy I was when I saw this incredible rescue. I was born and raised in L.A. and we have the best fire dept. right here. Hope his hand wounds heal quickly and the dog gets a wonderful home for life.

Posted by: Maria Lee | January 28, 2010 07:16 AM