After being rescued from Puerto Rico, Lucy a shepherd mix had just been adopted by Kim. Shy
and insecure Lucy gradually began to adapt to life in New York. In her sixth week in the U.S., an accident occurs and Lucy finds
herself loose on the busy streets of Brooklyn. The panicked dog runs for her life... disappearing into
the busy New York night. This is the story of her capture...
Missing for four days and with no sightings or information
since her escape, Kim finds Karin through a local rescue. On the fourth day, Karin designs a strategy
based on the dogs K9 profile and the environment where Lucy went missing. Twenty hours after the strategy begins,
the first call comes in. Lucy has been seen just minutes ago... she is streaking across a busy street at a full run. The
fleeing dog is running through Brooklyn at break neck speed dodging traffic and people as she flees. The calls began
to come in reporting the dog's locations as she makes her way from North Brooklyn to the south. Kim jumps
in a taxi. She is in Manhattan... 45 minutes away.
The taxi driver understands her pleas and puts the pedal to the metal, driving as fast as
traffic will allow. Kim monitors the calls as they continue to come in reporting Lucy's run through the city. Thankful
for three way calling, Karin is on the phone as the cab streaks through Manhattan. Worried that Lucy will
again disappear, Karin asks Kim to convince one of the witnesses to stay and follow the tiring dog. A friend
arrives and together they keep Lucy in sight following her from a distance like super sleuths on a case. Lucy enters
an alley and Karin suggests to Kim that she ask the witnesses to gather passersby and form a line at the entrance
to the alley. The witness agrees. They wait for 15 minutes until Kim arrives. Shoulder to shoulder, the human wall
of strangers has formed a barricade at the entrance of the alley. Kim enters the alley and the wall
of citizens closes back around her in case Lucy should bolt.
As Kim approaches, she can see that Lucy's paws are cut and bleeding
from her days on the roam. Quietly Kim waits... Karin has advised her that Lucy must allow her to approach and not to
rush the capture. Armed with a hidden leash, Kim makes her way towards Lucy until she can lay the lead across her neck
and tighten the lead. With the silently cheering wall of strangers forming a gateway to the taxi, Lucy is loaded
into the taxi. They head straight to the vet where the wounds are treated and the bedraggled dog is released
to go home.
Home again... everyone breathes a sign of relief and sleeps for the first time in five days.
