YOU WANT TO GO HOME? OH, SHE IS SO HAPPY. LOOK AT HER. AND IOWA DOGGIE IS BACK WITH FAMILY AFTER SHE WAS RESCUED FROM A FIERY CRASH IN WEST VIRGINIA. HER NAME IS HENNESSY, AND HENNESSY’S OWNER DIED IN THAT CRASH. A HUMANE SOCIETY THERE TOOK THIS VIDEO OF THE DRIVER’S FAMILY PICKING HER UP. LOOK AT THOSE TAIL WAGS. THEY DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM IOWA TO WEST VIRGINIA TO BRING HER HOME. YOU CAN SEE HOW EXCITED SHE IS. THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF MARSHALLTOWN SAYS SHE WAS ADOPTED FROM ITS SHELTER IN 2019. IT’S ACCEPTING DONATIONS TO HELP PAY FOR GAS AND HOTEL STAYS, AND THE UNEXPECTED COSTS OF OWNING A DOG.
Iowa dog reunites with family after crash in West Virginia
Hennessy, a dog from Iowa, has been reunited with her family after surviving a fiery crash in West Virginia. She was riding in the cab of a tractor-trailer with her owner, Jeffrey Simons, of Wellsburg, Iowa, when he lost control of the rig on June 23. Hennessy was pulled from the cab by people who stopped to help after the crash. Simons died in the crash.Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association in West Virginia took Hennessy in after the crash. KCHA Community Engagement Manager Angie Gillenwater said most of the phone number on Hennessy’s collar was rubbed off, leaving only the area code and three numbers.With that limited information and more than 100,000 followers on the KCHA Facebook page, Gillenwater said the community helped track down the Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown, where Hennessy was adopted in 2019.Hennessy’s family drove all the way from Iowa to West Virginia to bring her home Monday. The shelter said she went from being timid and scared to excited and full of joy. Donations are being accepted on Cash App and Venmo to help pay for gas, hotel stays, and the unexpected costs of owning a dog.
Hennessy, a dog from Iowa, has been reunited with her family after surviving a fiery crash in West Virginia.
She was riding in the cab of a tractor-trailer with her owner, Jeffrey Simons, of Wellsburg, Iowa, when he lost control of the rig on June 23.
Hennessy was pulled from the cab by people who stopped to help after the crash. Simons died in the crash.
Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association in West Virginia took Hennessy in after the crash.
KCHA Community Engagement Manager Angie Gillenwater said most of the phone number on Hennessy’s collar was rubbed off, leaving only the area code and three numbers.
With that limited information and more than 100,000 followers on the KCHA Facebook page, Gillenwater said the community helped track down the Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown, where Hennessy was adopted in 2019.
Hennessy’s family drove all the way from Iowa to West Virginia to bring her home Monday. The shelter said she went from being timid and scared to excited and full of joy.
Donations are being accepted on Cash App and Venmo to help pay for gas, hotel stays, and the unexpected costs of owning a dog.
