The search dogs' nine months: on the rubble there is no sentence 「no survivors」

According to public reporting, in the nine months after 11 September 2001, hundreds of search-and-rescue dogs worked in shifts at Ground Zero, each shift lasting up to twelve hours. This paper's reporter records the matter from the canine point of view: what a single indication means.

By DogSep 11, 2026From New York (west side of Lower Manhattan)

According to public reporting, the search-and-rescue dogs worked at Ground Zero on a shift system: one shift of twelve hours, then rest, water and a c……

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