A Florida sheriff’s canine helped reunite a 12-year-old girl with her family after she went missing during Tropical Storm Elsa.
The unnamed girl disappeared Tuesday night in Lee County, according to authorities.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno dispatched the division’s ReUnite program, a search-and-rescue operation for at-risk individuals, along with a K-9 named Mercy to search for the child.
Despite the treacherous weather, the female bloodhound was able to track the girl “for more than half a mile through thick woods,” the sheriff’s department said.
“Thankfully, Mercy found her and brought her safely back home to her family.”
The K-9 completed police training in July 2020, according to the News-Press in Fort Myers.
Many people praised the dog in comments on the sheriff’s office Facebook post about the rescue.
“My hero! Thank you Mercy,” one user wrote.
Another added, “Buy that girl a steak.”
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