Two dogs rescued from Lackawanna River

JESSUP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A happy ending for two dogs after they were trapped on the Lackawanna River Monday afternoon and were rescued by first responders.

Officials say the call came in around 2:45 p.m. that two dogs near Sarah Bratty Park along the Lackawanna River in Jessup were stuck in the middle of the waterway and couldn’t get back to the shore.

Firefighters used ropes to retrieve the dogs. Officials were able to get both dogs on shore safely.

“Arrived on scene the fisherman was there fishing seen the two dogs stuck, called for us for assistance we arrived witnessed, immediately two boats on standby just in case we had to do water rescue from there. From there we sent a crew up to the tracks and proceeded to try to find a path down to the river from the opposite side,” said Jessup Hose Company Number 2 Fire Chief Jim Anderson.

According to officials, the dogs have been reunited with their owner.

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