Good thoughts are needed for an animal hero!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

This guy and a Jack Russell terrier are in very serious shape -- prayers, good vibes, positive thoughts are needed! The Jack is at a local pet hospital with serious burns.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgifile=/c/a/2007/02/09/MNGEKO1R511.DTL

2-time hero clings to life
S.F. man who saved woman in bay in 2001 suffers severe burns rescuing dog from fire
Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer

Friday, February 9, 2007

When Michael Keenan ran into a burning building to save a dog -- a dog that didn't even belong to him in a home where he didn't live -- his friends and family weren't surprised.

The San Francisco man had already proven himself a hero six years earlier when he jumped into San Francisco Bay to save two strangers who had driven their car into the water. He knocked out the back window of their fully submerged car and pulled a woman to safety, but her husband died before he could be rescued.

Now Keenan, 43, is fighting for his life at San Francisco General Hospital. He'd safely escaped the fire at a friend's house Tuesday morning but then did something firefighters warn people never to do: He ran back inside the house. He managed to rescue his friend's dog but suffered burns to 80 percent of his body.

On Thursday, Keenan went in for the first of what are likely to be many surgeries, and doctors have told his friends and family that his chances of survival are 50-50.

"I know a lot of people may judge him for going back in for a dog, but it's just part of his nature. It's just courage," said Frank Hsieh, a San Francisco firefighter who has known Keenan for about 20 years. "He just acts. He's selfless. The guy's a total hero."


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[peacebuzzard]

1. total hero, you are in my thoughts today.

Wishing Michael Keenan a courageous recovery in my prayers.