Burley, is a school teacher who spends much of her time off
volunteering at the Isle of Wight Animal Shelter.
On Tuesday, Dec. 29, she was about to run out the door to
go to the shelter, but her own rescued lab/hound mix, Roxanne, begged her for a
walk.
"So we went out for a walk, right along our usual route
around the neighborhood where we have been walking her since August,"
explained Burley.
However, there was something different about the walk this
time. Burley says she noticed a heavy police presence in the area around
Cambridge Drive.
"One of the officers pulled up and asked if we have
seen someone walking around in a nightgown, and I said no, but assumed it was
an elder person," remembered Burley.
Burley continued her walk with her dog. Within minutes, her
dog drew her attention to a ditch off of Burbage Drive.
"She pulled me towards a ditch, and there was a woman
laying down in a nightgown, it turns out she was in some kind of
distress," said Burley.
Burley then alerted others in the area to Roxanne's find
and paramedics were called.
Suffolk police tell us that the woman was transported to
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center by fire and rescue personnel.
Burley still does not know who the woman was or how she is
doing, but says, if possible, she would like family members to update her
through social media.
Roxanne, the rescued dog, was the rescuer that day. Burley
says she hopes her dog's actions inspire others to give shelter dogs a chance.
For her good deed of the day, Roxanne was rewarded with an
extra cookie at the end of the walk.
