“Hugging Bella again felt like our family was made whole again — like being reunited with a long-lost friend,” owner Lisa Nicholson tells PEOPLE
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- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue in Florida rescued a dog, a German shepherd named Bella, who had fallen into a canal
- Local police scanned Bella for a microchip, which they learned had been implanted in 2018
- After locating the dog’s adopters, officials reunited the long-lost canine with her family, whom she immediately recognized
Firefighters in Florida rescued a lost dog who had fallen into a canal — and then reunited the canine with her family after six years apart.
After the German shepherd, named Bella, was spotted wandering a neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, the local fire department responded to a resident’s 911 call about the canine falling into a canal on Aug. 5.
Frank Guzman, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue’s public information officer, tells PEOPLE, “Our crew from Engine 47 responded to the scene and safely removed her from the water. Luckily, she was standing on a ledge and only partially submerged, making the grab easy.”…