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Illinois firefighters rescue dog from recliner
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Three suburban Chicago firefighters rescued a small dog that became trapped inside a mechanized recliner chair by sawing the piece of furniture apart.
Eighty-seven-year-old owner Ken Makris says his terrier, Ebonyser, has nerve damage following his Thursday night ordeal but that he is "coming along fine."
Firefighters who responded to an emergency call from the Sunrise of Naperville assisted living center Thursday arrived to find a nurse's aide hanging onto the chair to relieve the pressure on the dog and allow it to breathe. Firefighter and paramedic Scott Bolda says the chair's electrical controls stopped working when Ebonyser become wedged inside.
Makris says the 5-year-old pooch is on painkillers but that he was able to go out for a walk Monday.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
In this photo taken Friday, April 23, 2010, Ken Markis sits with his dog Ebonyzer at the Sunrise Assisted Living Complex in Naperville, Ill. On Thursday, Naperville firefighters had to rescue Ebonyzer when the dog became wedged in Markis' mechanized recliner chair. Paramedics said the chair's electrical controls stopped working when the dog became wedged inside and the only option was to saw the chair apart. (AP Photo/Naperville Sun, Terence Guider-Shaw)
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