12-1-2014
A small dog scampered onto the subway tracks in Queens and ran around for about a half hour Monday morning, but made it off alive, authorities said.
A train operator spotted the pooch running on the elevated tracks in the Rockaways between the Beach 60th and Beach 67th Street stops about 10:30 a.m.
Trains were delayed for about a half hour, according to an MTA spokesman.
When cops arrived to rescue the dog, it had already gotten off the subway tracks, a source said.
However, the NYPD successfully rescued a gray pitbull on Saturday in Brooklyn.
NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Fox’s daughter, who trains dogs to serve people with disabilities, spotted the malnourished dog abandoned at a gas station in Sheepshead Bay about 11:30 p.m.
She and her father contacted the local 61st precinct, and Sergeant Cara Mulham, as well as other cops, came to check out the dog.
They more worried about its well-being than being bitten or any disease it might have, Fox said.
“The poor thing was quivering,” he said. “The cops knelt down on one knee and were petting her without knowing if it was going to bite.”
Officer Julia Ng initially took home the dog, who is now named Ellie, and she then gave it to her friend, who has a bulldog.
Ellie was given shots and treated for rashes on her body body after being rescued.