Momo, chihuahua pug mix

Family reunited with missing dog after I-29 crash near Sergeant Bluff
Conrad Swanson, Sioux City Journal
December 05, 2013

SIOUX CITY | Momo, a 3-year-old pug-Chihuahua mix missing after a fatal accident near Sergeant Bluff on Wednesday, has been reunited with his family.

His owner, Nicole Browder, called the Siouxland Humane Society just before noon Thursday, asking if anyone had found the dog and turned him in.

Kelly Eerie, assistant shelter manager at the Humane Society, took Browder's call.

"She wanted to see if anyone had brought a dog in," Eerie said.

While emergency services were coming upon the scene, Browder had put Momo on the ground, and perhaps spooked by the lights and sirens, he took off heading south on Interstate 29, Eerie said.

"He was just as shook up as me," Browder said Thursday as she was reunited with her pup. "He ran from the accident out of fear. I tried to find him and chase him down but there was so much going on that I couldn't get to him."

Momo was returned to Browder Thursday afternoon at the Sioux City Law Enforcement Center. He was found near Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, said Brenda Iwen of Noah's Hope Animal Rescue.

Iwen and Deanna Jarvis proudly displayed a post on their Facebook page that reached more than 20,000 people. Both said they were immensely proud of the local community and their dedication to finding Momo.

Browder slipped the dog's sweater on for warmth and clutched him to her chest, crying as she forced a smile.

"This has been a tragedy in my family and if one thing can come out of it, it's finding him," she said. "I'm so thankful for everybody who came out to help my family in this time of loss. Just to bring him back to me mends a little of what's broken."

Wednesday's fatal accident occurred when the Chevrolet Suburban in which Browder was a passenger hit a patch of ice on the freeway.

Others in the vehicle included David Browder, 55, of Cascade, Mont., who was killed; Memory Browder, 14; and Bond Browder, 29, and Stephen Todd, 54, of Johnsonville, S.C., who all were seriously injured.

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