Search and rescue dogs involved in Creeslough deployed to Turkey
Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have claimed over 17,500 lives. A search and rescue dog team that helped following the Creeslough explosion will travel to Turkey on Friday
Search and rescue dogs and their handlers, who assisted in the operation following the Creeslough explosion will travel to Turkey later this week.
The K9 Search and Rescue, based in Newry, will send personnel along with two dogs, Max and Delta, to the scene of a devastating earthquake.
More than 17,500 people have been killed by the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, and the numbers are expected to keep rising.
Max and Delta were in Creeslough to help with the rescue operation following the October 7 explosion at the Applegreen complex, which claimed ten lives.
The black labradors were taken to some of the funerals of the victims, including that of 14-year-old Leona Harper in Ramelton, where the stood poignantly and obediently five days after they helped take the teenager’s from the rubble.
K9 founder Ryan Gray said: “This is what we train for. The dogs we are sending are USAR dogs (Urban Search and Rescue) and specialise in detecting people in collapsed building structures. We are privileged to be asked to help in the rescue of survivors and hope we can reunite families with their loved ones. We will certainly do our very best while there.”