Gwen Wunderlich was on a flight to Costa Rica on Friday morning when her dog walker called saying that her dog Cash, a Chow Chow, had escaped in downtown Brooklyn
A Brooklyn woman forced the JetBlue plane taking her on vacation to turn around after her dog broke loose from his walker and went on a six-hour adventure around New York City.
Gwen Wunderlich was on a flight to Costa Rica on Friday morning when her dog walker called saying that her dog Cash, a Chow Chow, had escaped in downtown Brooklyn.
‘I told the stewardess. I got up, and she was like, “Are you sure? We can only turn around for emergencies,”‘ Wunderlich told WCBS 2.
‘I’m like, “this is an emergency for me.”‘
The woman added that she was quick to alert authorities about the missing pooch.
And it really was a team effort: as Wunderlich made her way back to Brooklyn, her friends set out to make flyers and set up alerts for Cash.
The woman added that she was quick to alert authorities about the missing pooch
‘I told the stewardess. I got up, and she was like, “Are you sure? We can only turn around for emergencies,”‘ Wunderlich told WCBS 2 about her conversation with the JetBlue employee. ‘I’m like, “this is an emergency for me”‘
‘Everyone was trying to get him. People were stopping their cars,’ she told the New York Daily News.
‘There was even a construction worker who took off his belt and tried to get Cash with it.’
A little after 7am, Cash was spotted crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on the human pathway.
Later, around 11am, the pooch would be seen at 51st Street and 1st Avenue under a bench, but ran away when a park worker approached.
As each spotting came back to his owner, Wunderlich followed intently, hoping to be reunited with her dog soon. She added: ‘We drove to Canal Street, we drove to the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, back downtown by Canal Street’
Wunderlich had a sigh of relief when she was called close to 1.30pm by Animal Care and Control informing her that Cash had gone into a deli on 18th Street and 8th Avenue.
And as each spotting came back to his owner, Wunderlich followed intently, hoping to be reunited with her dog soon.
She added: ‘We drove to Canal Street, we drove to the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, back downtown by Canal Street.’
Wunderlich had a sigh of relief when she was called close to 1.30pm by Animal Care and Control informing her that Cash had gone into a deli on 18th Street and 8th Avenue.
The New York Daily News reported that the pooch may have been ‘looking for love when he wandered off’ as he had not been neutered.
The two were soon reunited but Cash did have to get both neutered and micro-chipped.
The two were soon reunited but Cash did have to get both neutered and micro-chipped