Wellesley police publish video of rescue of canine from raging waters

Wellesley police and Newton firefighters rescued a 7-year-old canine named Maggie from a fast-moving spillway off of the Charles River on Friday — however not earlier than she went on what will need to have been a harrowing journey down the river and over “at the least one waterfall,” in response to a press launch from the Wellesley Police Division, who posted a video of Maggie’s rescue on Fb Monday.

Maggie — a rescue whippet rat terrier combine — went lacking from her house on Friday. Quickly, Wellesley cops dispatched to seek for her realized that Newton firefighters have been already attempting to rescue a canine becoming Maggie’s description from the Charles on the Newton/Wellesley line. 

By the point Wellesley police arrived on the scene, Maggie was caught within the river, in response to the discharge. “Through the first try to rescue her, she slipped again into the river and was swept downstream to a different set of rocks,” police detailed.

The video, captured by a Wellesley Police UAV pilot, exhibits Maggie scrambling on the banks of the spillway as water gushes previous simply ft away.

Thankfully, “Newton Firefighters have been capable of pluck Maggie from the spillway earlier than she went farther down river and into the rapids,” the discharge continued.

“She reportedly just isn’t a giant fan of the water,” the discharge famous, “however does get pleasure from operating for miles along with her proprietor.”

The primary responders reunited Maggie along with her proprietor, Susan Kinz Maggioni, that day. Maggioni thanked them within the feedback part of Wellesley PD’s Fb publish.

“From Maggie and her household, we’re so extremely grateful to each the Wellesley Police Division and the Newton Fireplace Division for rescuing our rescue canine and bringing her to security!! ” she wrote.