1/25/14 - Two local Michigan State Troopers were honored by Governor Rick Snyder for braving frigid weather to save a pet dog that had run off after a crash. At about 11:20pm on January 6th, Trooper Anthony Young from the MSP Brighton Post was dispatched to the site of a single-vehicle crash on I-94 in Washtenaw County. The vehicle had been driven by a 24-year-old woman who had lost control and struck the median wall. The only other occupant was her dog, Seamus. Young arrived at the scene to assist the woman, who was not injured, but it was determined that her vehicle needed to be towed. When the tow truck arrived and opened the door to the vehicle, Seamus ran out of the car, crossed the freeway, and disappeared into the woods. The temperature at the time was negative 16, and the wind chill was 40 below. Trooper Patrick Gallagher arrived to set up a perimeter while Trooper Young and the woman searched the woods. The pair was eventually able to find and recover Seamus. The woman wrote a letter of gratitude to MSP Colonel Kriste Etue, who passed the story on to Governor Snyder. On January 21, Governor Snyder visited Young and Gallagher to thank them for their service in such adverse conditions. (TD)
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