After the crash, a family is reunited
--Tony Perry
May 24, 2008
Emmy is back with her family in San Diego. The 11-year-old Jack Russell terrier was ejected from her owners' car as it crashed and rolled off Interstate 15 early Thursday. MaryBeth Zmuda and her husband, Timon Martin, were not injured but soon became frantic when they couldn't find Emmy.
They searched, they called. Finally they placed an ad, with Emmy's picture, on Craigslist and called KUSI-TV. Complicating matters, the couple has just moved to San Diego and not had time to get tags for Emmy.
A woman recognized Emmy as the dog she had spotted about three miles from the crash site and had called county Animal Services to report. Calls were made, and pet and people were reunited Friday.
"It's really beyond belief, it's heaven," said Zmuda.
Before they took Emmy home from the Animal Services shelter in Carlsbad, Zmuda and Martin got some insurance against her being lost again: a microchip implanted in her skin. If she ever shows up at a shelter, workers can use a scanner to read her address and phone number.
Another version of the same story, at: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/News/052308dogreunion.html
Dog and Owners Separated in Crash Reunited
May 23, 2008
A dog that was ejected from a car as it crashed and rolled off Interstate 15 on Thursday was reunited with its owners today at the County’s animal shelter in Carlsbad.
The dog, an 11-year-old Jack Russell named Emmy, made her way to a back yard in Carmel Mountain Ranch – about three miles from the crash site. County Animal Services picked up the dog this morning. Emmy had no tags or microchip. Animal Services had a tough time catching her because she was scared.
“It was really frightened, poor little thing,” said Laurie Joniaux, deputy director of the County’s Animal Services Department. Afterwards, the woman recognized the dog’s picture on the Internet classified site Craigslist – where Emmy’s owners posted her photo.
On Thursday, Emmy’s owners, MaryBeth Zmuda and her husband Timon Martin of Clairemont, were heading south on Interstate 15 when Zmuda lost control of their Toyota Matrix. The car careened off the freeway and into the embankment, rolling over. The couple was safe. But Emmy was missing.
“I was frantic,” Zmuda said. “I knew she wasn’t in the car. My husband went looking for her. Bystanders along the side of the road were looking for her. “
The couple was taken to the hospital and released after being treated for minor injuries. Later, Zmuda and Martin contacted KUSI with their story, and posted Emmy’s picture on Craiglist.
--Tony Perry
May 24, 2008
Emmy is back with her family in San Diego. The 11-year-old Jack Russell terrier was ejected from her owners' car as it crashed and rolled off Interstate 15 early Thursday. MaryBeth Zmuda and her husband, Timon Martin, were not injured but soon became frantic when they couldn't find Emmy.
They searched, they called. Finally they placed an ad, with Emmy's picture, on Craigslist and called KUSI-TV. Complicating matters, the couple has just moved to San Diego and not had time to get tags for Emmy.
A woman recognized Emmy as the dog she had spotted about three miles from the crash site and had called county Animal Services to report. Calls were made, and pet and people were reunited Friday.
"It's really beyond belief, it's heaven," said Zmuda.
Before they took Emmy home from the Animal Services shelter in Carlsbad, Zmuda and Martin got some insurance against her being lost again: a microchip implanted in her skin. If she ever shows up at a shelter, workers can use a scanner to read her address and phone number.
Photo: Zmuda/Martin family album
Another version of the same story, at: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/News/052308dogreunion.html
Dog and Owners Separated in Crash Reunited
May 23, 2008
A dog that was ejected from a car as it crashed and rolled off Interstate 15 on Thursday was reunited with its owners today at the County’s animal shelter in Carlsbad.
The dog, an 11-year-old Jack Russell named Emmy, made her way to a back yard in Carmel Mountain Ranch – about three miles from the crash site. County Animal Services picked up the dog this morning. Emmy had no tags or microchip. Animal Services had a tough time catching her because she was scared.
“It was really frightened, poor little thing,” said Laurie Joniaux, deputy director of the County’s Animal Services Department. Afterwards, the woman recognized the dog’s picture on the Internet classified site Craigslist – where Emmy’s owners posted her photo.
On Thursday, Emmy’s owners, MaryBeth Zmuda and her husband Timon Martin of Clairemont, were heading south on Interstate 15 when Zmuda lost control of their Toyota Matrix. The car careened off the freeway and into the embankment, rolling over. The couple was safe. But Emmy was missing.
“I was frantic,” Zmuda said. “I knew she wasn’t in the car. My husband went looking for her. Bystanders along the side of the road were looking for her. “
The couple was taken to the hospital and released after being treated for minor injuries. Later, Zmuda and Martin contacted KUSI with their story, and posted Emmy’s picture on Craiglist.
The woman who found Emmy happened to check Craigslist for postings of lost dogs and recognized Emmy’s photo. The woman called Zmuda and the couple went to the Carlsbad shelter to find Emmy.
“It was heaven,” Zmuda said of their reunion. “It sounds cheesy, but it really was. It was very distressing to think I might never see her again. “
“It was heaven,” Zmuda said of their reunion. “It sounds cheesy, but it really was. It was very distressing to think I might never see her again. “
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