First, Dan Hughes, a former secret service agent for the United States was reporting to work at one of

the towers on 9-11, 2001 when it collapsed. Listen to his story about his experience and survival and

how that led him to want to work with dogs. He is currently the co-owner of Dogs for Defense, a

company of detection dogs that sniff out drugs and bombs.

Then, there were numerous search and rescue dog teams that worked at the World Trade Center on 9-

11. I’ll share a few of the stories of these dog heroes.

Additional Resources for the Episode.

Dogs for Defense Website.

Source for stories about the search and rescue dogs: Dog Heroes of September, 11th: A Tribute to

America’s Search and Rescue dogs, by Nona Kilgore Bauer.

To see photos of Dan Hughes and the search and recovery dogs spoken about in the podcast, visit

https://raisingyourpaws.com/