The Jaws of Life, for a dog named Cody: firefighters lift a whole shed to free a trapped pet

The call came from a home on Gardiner Drive in Bay Shore, New York: a dog was stuck beneath a backyard shed. Firefighters from the Bay Shore Fire Department — Chief John Ippolito Jr., First Assistant Chief Nick Danza and the department's Emergency Service Squad, alongside Suffolk police officers — first tried the gentle option, digging a trench so Cody could scramble out the front. It backfired: frightened, Cody wedged himself further underneath. So the crew reached for the heavy rescue kit — air bags to lift, wood cribbing to hold, and the Jaws of Life, the tool usually reserved for cutting people out of wrecked cars — and raised the shed itself. About twenty minutes later, Cody was out, unharmed, and back with his owners. It was one of nine incidents the department handled that day. The smallest patient got the full toolkit.