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HERO: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain HERO: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain
Hero: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain Supervisory Park Ranger Kris Salapek wasn’t about to leave a worried owner and his dehydrated dog alone on a mountain at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. Lexie Daniel of Randolph said she and fellow hikers on Mount Tammany in Warren County gave their water to the owner, “but we were afraid that would be little help with how much the dog was already struggling [in the intense heat].” Salapek then lifted the huge dog onto his shoulders and carried him down “an incredibly rocky hill all the way down to the stream – it was a LONG distance -- and laid him in the water as he kn…

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by Jerry DeMarco