The Niagara Falls Fire Department was called to assist New York State Park Police and Upper Mountain Fire Company to rescue a dog from the Niagara Gorge Monday afternoon.
The dog, 18-month-old Dakota, had fallen about 20 feet onto a ledge int he gorge, about a half mile north of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.
His owner states that while on a morning walk, Dakota chased after something and went missing. Her other dog responded to her call and returned, but Dakota had not. She began searching the area and eventually notified Lewiston Police and U.S. Border Patrol, who began to assist.
Dakota was eventually located on the ledge but he could not be reached by searchers.
Once on the scene, Niagara Falls firefighters and New York State Park Police used a rope and pulley system to lower a Falls firefighter over the edge. The firefighter was able to put a pet harness around Dakota and attach him to his harness. The two were then pulled up and Dakota was reunited with his worried owner.