New York Dog To The Rescue As Dangling Workers Face Death

Boogey Baby, a 19-month-old Rottweiler, saved the day for two men after their scaffold collapsed, leaving them dangling high above a Harlem street yesterday.
May 24, 2004
May 24, 2004 -- Give this dog a bone!

Boogey Baby, a 19-month-old Rottweiler, saved the day for two men after their scaffold collapsed, leaving them dangling high above a Harlem street yesterday.

Only the dog heard their frantic yells for help as they clung to their safety harnesses near the sixth floor of a Harlem apartment building.

"I knew there was something wrong when she dropped her bone," said Boogey Baby's owner, who identified himself as T Jones, 54.

Jones was in his fourth-floor apartment at 634 St. Nicholas Ave. with his fianc

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