Man's dog found after WDSU story airs asking for help

Man’s dog found after WDSU story airs asking for help

$500 reward to anyone who finds the dog

NEWS AT TEN. OH OH THEY FOUND ME. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY LIKE MISS LISA, THE TV CREW OVER AT TV SIX AND JUST EVERYBODY. MR. JAMES, THAT HELPED AND FOUND HIM AND REPORTED HIM. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. SAM THANK THEY THANK YOU. THEY THEY DID WHAT THEY HOW. OH, SUCH A HAPPY ENDING TO A STORY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. A MAN WHO HAD HIS TRUCK STOLEN WITH HIS DOG STILL INSIDE AND GENTILLY HAS NOW BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS PET AND WDSU REPORTER ELI BRAND SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE TOLL THAT THIS WHOLE ORDEAL REALLY TOOK ON HIM. ELI. WELL, THAT’S RIGHT, ELIZABETH. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM JUST AFTER HE FOUND HIS DOG. HE TOLD ME A VIEWER SAW HE WAS IN TROUBLE. HE WENT OUT AND FOUND THAT DOG AND HE CALLED HIM RIGHT AFTER. BUT ALL IN ALL, IT’S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER OVER 24 HOURS. FAMILY MEMBER, HE’S ONE OF MY KIDS IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE STUDENTS RECONSTRUCT STOLEN WITH HIS FURRY CHILD INSIDE THE BEGINNING OF AN ORDEAL THAT HAD HIM WORRIED FOR A DAY. ALL I COULD DO IS SCREAM. SAM, SAM, SAM. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE’RE NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT THE CAR. IT’S JUST IT JUST LOOKED DOWN HERE, AND THAT CAR WENT DOWN AND TURNED TO THE LEFT. AND I’M JUST STANDING THERE, JUST FLABBERGASTED. NOT REALLY KNOWING, UH, IT DIDN’T SET IN TO A LITTLE WHILE LATER. WHAT REALLY, REALLY HAPPENED. IT WAS THAT THAT DISTURBING TRAIN GOT INTO TOWN FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE HIS FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING. HE HAD DRIVEN ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA. HE SAYS HE WAS TAKING LUGGAGE INSIDE AND LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING SO HIS DOG SAM COULD STAY WARM. IT WAS TAKEN SECONDS LATER. HE’S BEEN THERE SINCE EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE MY WIFE SAID, AS I TOLD HER, I SAID, I’VE BEEN WITH THAT DOG EVERY DAY SINCE HE WAS BORN. AND SHE SAID, HE’S BEEN WITH YOU EVERY DAY AND HE IS A PART OF OUR FAMILY. AND HE’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET HIM BACK AND GET HIM BACK. HE DID. AFTER TRAHAN SAYS WDSU VIEWER SAW OUR PIECE AND CALLED HIM WITH THE DOG’S WHEREABOUTS. ALL IN ALL, HE’S JUST HAPPY TO HAVE HIS BEST FRIEND BACK HOME AND INTO OUR HANDS MEETING UP WITH THAT GOOD SAMARITAN TOMORROW TO GIVE HIM A REWARD FOR RUNNING THAT DOG AND IF YOU WANT SOME MORE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, MY ALMA MATER BEAT TENNESSEE GO GAMECOCKS. BACK TO YOU. IT IS ALL RIGHT, ELI,

Man’s dog found after WDSU story airs asking for help

$500 reward to anyone who finds the dog

Update: The dog has been found safe and has been reunited with its owner. The truck is still missing.====================================================================A man who is visiting New Orleans to visit his family for Thanksgiving says his truck was stolen Friday night with his 4-year-old dog still inside. He says the dog has been missing for hours and he is asking for help to find it.He says the truck was stolen after his hours-long drive to Gentilly from Florida. Surveillance video shows he had stepped out of his truck with luggage in his hands when the truck was stolen. He says he left the truck running so the dog could be comfortable in the cold weather.“I’ve been with that dog every day since he was born, and she said he’s been with you every day and he is a part of our family and it’s very important that we get him back. Please help. Anybody. Just give us a call,” said Stuart Trahan, who is the dog and truck’s owner.The truck is a gray Dodge Ram with a Louisiana Tech Forestry sticker on the top right of the back windshield. The dog, whose name is Sam, is a Fox Red Labrador. Police are investigating the incident. Trahan says a $500 reward is available to anyone who drops the dog off at a local animal shelter. He says it can be done anonymously. He asks that you can contact him at 337-304-3723 when it is done.

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He says the truck was stolen after his hours-long drive to Gentilly from Florida. Surveillance video shows he had stepped out of his truck with luggage in his hands when the truck was stolen. He says he left the truck running so the dog could be comfortable in the cold weather.

“I’ve been with that dog every day since he was born, and she said he’s been with you every day and he is a part of our family and it’s very important that we get him back. Please help. Anybody. Just give us a call,” said Stuart Trahan, who is the dog and truck’s owner.

The truck is a gray Dodge Ram with a Louisiana Tech Forestry sticker on the top right of the back windshield. The dog, whose name is Sam, is a Fox Red Labrador.

Police are investigating the incident. Trahan says a $500 reward is available to anyone who drops the dog off at a local animal shelter. He says it can be done anonymously. He asks that you can contact him at 337-304-3723 when it is done.

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