For four days and three nights, a dog trapped on a large block of ice in the cold waters of the Detroit River between the US and Canada tried very hard to stay alive. 1 the situation was desperate, the dog held out a miracle — and 2 got one.
The dog was first 3 by a wildlife photographer taking photos on the Michigan bank of the river. Soon, people on both sides of the border 4 to find a way to save the dog.
After trying numerous resources, it seemed no one could 5, but determined 6 refused to give up. "We had to 7 for him," Patricia Trevino of the River Rouge Animal Shelter （RR AS） said. "It was a level of8 I'd never felt, because this was a(n) 9 " it was out there in front of us. We could all 10 it."
That's when Jude Mead and his son, who own a marine construction company in Windsor, 11 the lifesaving operation.12 in an airboat (汽船), the pair were able to sail their airboat across the ice and save the dog.
After having spent such a long period in low temperatures, the dog was in very 13 condition. Then he was taken to 14 . After successful 15 and recovery, the 16 dog was renamed "Miracle" and put up for 17 .
There were many people who want to adopt Miracle. When the man who'd saved him from the ice stepped forward to adopt him, the shelter staff 18 that nothing could feel more right than 19 them.
"The story was spreading quickly. In the end the little dog was placed into the hands of the 20 who saved his life," Friends of the RRAS announced.
