Family says dog raced back into burning home for man, 69

Family says dog raced back into burning home for man, 69, Sara Domaradzki had just able her family's afire two-flat in Portage Park aboriginal Tuesday if her dog Bambi accolade out of her accoutrements and raced aback into the flames.

Her ancestors believes the 4-year-old terrier-Labrador mix knew Domaradzki's 69-year-old ancestor was still in the home and went aback afterwards him.

"She ran aback into the abode to acquisition (Sara's) dad, and again they both got ashore there," said Domaradzki's boyfriend, Alessandro Mininni.

Firefighters accustomed at the home about 1:30 a.m. and agitated out Peter Domaradzki, who did not accept any basic signs.

Paramedics formed on him as he lay on the sidewalk and were able to animate him, and he was in analytical action as he was taken to a hospital.

Then they came out with Bambi, who was disturbing for breath, legs stiff, as Fire Lt. Gilbert Acevedo cradled her.

"It looked limp," said firefighter Mike Strachan, who affective Bambi from Acevedo and agitated her up the artery to the aback of Engine 94, area he put a baby air affectation over her face.

"I knew it had a heartbeat," Strachan said. "I could feel it on my arm."

Bambi's eyes were wide, and the affectation aflame up whenever she exhaled.

"Mike, you see that the tail's moving? Rub the chest a little," Mark Andrade, the engineer, told Strachan.

At aboriginal Andrade and Strachan were the alone two alive on the dog, but as added firefighters and paramedics absolved by, one draped a absolute over the dog and others approved to acquisition added air tanks.

Mininni said he "lost it a little" if he saw the dog. Andrade told him to get down and allocution to the dog. He patted her ancillary and rubbed her head. Two of his accompany abutting in.

Every movement was met with acknowledging observation: "She's smiling." "She's breathing." "Her appendage wagged."

Bambi's appendage broke the arena every few seconds. Paramedics brought addition canteen of air.

"We're traveling to lift it assimilate a blanket," one of the paramedics told Mininni. He captivated one end, and calm they absolved to a adjacent car.

The paramedic directed him to an beastly hospital and let them accumulate the oxygen accessories until they arrived.

Mininni sat in the hospital's cat-and-mouse allowance cat-and-mouse for advice from a nurse, who emerged with soot-covered easily and acceptable news:

"She's stable."

Mininni said Domaradzki was begin beneath a bed and believes Bambi was begin nearby. Domaradzki was a affiliate of the Polish Solidarity movement and is a longtime editor for the Polish Daily News, according to his family.

While the dog belongs to Sara, her dad and Bambi accept developed a abutting band over the years. The two would go for walks and adhere out calm in the home the ancestors has endemic for decades.

"He takes affliction of her all the time," Mininni said.

He said his girlfriend's ancestor remained in analytical action at Loyola University medical center. Bambi remained in the beastly hospital and may ache some complications, Mininni said.

"It looks appealing acceptable for her, if she has complications they could be minimal," he said.

He said he and his girlfriend's ancestors achievement to accommodated with the firefighters. "I absolutely acknowledge that."
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