'It felt like a miracle': Family of lost golden retriever Rocky shares impossible reunion story
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The Charleston community came together in search of a lost golden retriever named Rocky this week, who was finally reunited with his family after two nights missing.
"He was nowhere to be seen, and I broke seven ribs and, you know, lots of other injuries, but they said seven ribs. When E.M.S. showed up, they kinda forced me to go to the hospital."Once Jeff was taken to the hospital, Kim says that emergency responders searched for Rocky but had to call off for the night around 8:30. Kim said "at that point, that's when I went on Facebook, just my own personal Facebook page, and asked friends to be on the lookout for Rocky."Kim added, "by the next morning when I went back up to the site, there were already people in the water looking for Rocky… I could never have imagined when I just posted an hour after the accident that the community response would be what it became."After two nights of searching, many had given up hope. The Wisemans, however, held onto hope that Rocky would be found thanks to his life jacket. Kim shared, "we really think it did save his life." Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
After finding himself miles away from the original boat accident site, Rocky was finally discovered thanks to his social media celebrity in the backyard of a family on the morning of June 25.Kim recounted their reunion, saying, "It felt like a miracle, honestly, because two nights had passed with him missing and we didn't know if he was injured in the crash. Jeff obviously was, so to find out … that not only had he survived the crash and the days swimming in the river, and the two nights — one of which is storming — just, it felt like a miracle."
"We were overjoyed. We were, just incredibly overjoyed and so, so grateful to everyone who helped search for him and helped spread the word," Kim added.Keeping pets safe over the summer is no easy feat. The Charleston Animal Society urges all boaters to purchase a life vest for pets. In an interview with Fox News Digital, the Charleston Animal Society said, "If you go in a boat, your children are going to have life vests on. Your dogs should have life vests on as well."