[Vision2020] Pet Rabbit Alerts Family to Fire

[Tom Hansen]

>From the Associated Press at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvpEC2rrGA8

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Pet Rabbit Alerts Family to Fire

A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a raging fire that 
swept through their home in the southern Australian city of Melbourne 
early Thursday. (July 25)[Notes:opens with SOT:] "our little fuzzy hero at 
the moment." Michelle Finn holds her pet rabbit "Rabbit" -- just a few 
feet away, the burned out remnants of part of her home.Finn says Rabbit 
woke her and her husband up, saving them from the flames.SOT: Michelle 
Finn, Rabbit Owner: "he can make a lot of noise, which is good." Rabbit 
scratched at the bedroom door waking Finn's husband, giving the couple 
time to get out of the house and call the fire department. As you'd 
suspect -- firefighters say this might be a first.SOT: Nick Beagley, 
Metropolitan Fire Brigade: "i've got to say, this is the first time that 
I've ever heard of a rabbit bringing a fire to somebody's attention." 
[Notes:various of fire damage]Finn says sure, there's damage to the house, 
but thanks to Finn, everyone is safe. Finn: "I mean, we've lost probably a 
lot of the important stuff, like personal photos and all of that sort of 
gear, but we're here."

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

- The Associated Press 

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Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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