A golden retriever named Macy fell into a five-foot hole and was missing for 24-hours needed to be rescued by Streator firefighters.
The missing dog was discovered in Marilla Park by man who was walking his dog when the dog alerted him to Macy, Heart of Illinois ABC reported.
Firefighters assembled webbing and Fire Chief Fred McClellan descended into the hole to secure it around Macy so they could hoist her out.
The dirt shelf around the hole started to collapse as firefighters pulled Macy from the hole.
“If you can see me falling. It was because the ground started to break on my one-foot underneath, so I stepped across the hole to grab and then it collapsed again. Luckily my engineer Tim Redd was able to finish pulling the dog out safely,” Chief McClellen said.
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