Crime & Safety
Update: New Hyde Park Fire Department Rescued Dog In Cesspool
The Nassau County Police Emergency Services Unit also helped with the rescue.
Update: The and Nassau County Police Emergency Services Unit got a Labrador mix dog named Hopie out of a collapsed cesspool in the backyard of a house on North Seventh Street.
New Hyde Park Fire Department explained that since the cesspool could collapse further, they were trying not to put someone down there around noon. Hopie was rescued at about 12:30 p.m. after the police officers "lightly tranquilized the animal, placed a snare over the head and a rope over the body and lifted it out of the hole," according to a Nassau County Police report.
Hopie appeared to be in good condition, the report said, and is back with his owner.
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