While out making deliveries in May, Munroe Dairy milkman Nick Wilson came across a house fire in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He determined that no one was home, but he could hear a dog desperately barking inside the house, unable to escape. “As a milkman, we know our dogs more than we know our people,” Wilson says, “The dog was scared. Luckily, I’ve seen this dog dozens and dozens … hundreds of times.”
Knowing the pup wouldn’t survive without his help, Wilson busted through a sliding glass door at the back of the house and went in to rescue the dog, Daisy, from inside. “At that point, I knew my job was done,” Wilson says. Fire crews arrived soon afterwards to battle the blaze.
Earlier this week, Wilson was recognized for his heroic actions. At the Town Council meeting, Smithfield Fire Chief Robert Seltzer presented the milkman with the Fire Chief’s Special Recognition Award. “A member of the public stepped up and assisted prior to us arriving,” Seltzer says, “I wanted to recognize Nick Wilson and his heroic act of saving a family’s dog.”
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