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| Dog 'saved life' of missing Polish girl | Dog 'saved life' of missing Polish girl |
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| Firefighters in Poland say a small dog likely saved the life of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home overnight in freezing temperatures. | Firefighters in Poland say a small dog likely saved the life of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home overnight in freezing temperatures. |
| The child, Julia, vanished on Friday and was found lying in marshes several kilometres from her house on Saturday morning, with the dog by her side. | The child, Julia, vanished on Friday and was found lying in marshes several kilometres from her house on Saturday morning, with the dog by her side. |
| She is now in hospital in western Poland, suffering from frostbite after temperatures fell to -5C (23F). | She is now in hospital in western Poland, suffering from frostbite after temperatures fell to -5C (23F). |
| Firefighter Grzegorz Szymanski said the dog kept the child warm enough to live. | Firefighter Grzegorz Szymanski said the dog kept the child warm enough to live. |
| "For the whole night the animal was with the girl, it never left her. Remember, it was 5 degrees below zero and the child was wet," he said, adding that the animal was the most important factor in the girl's survival. | "For the whole night the animal was with the girl, it never left her. Remember, it was 5 degrees below zero and the child was wet," he said, adding that the animal was the most important factor in the girl's survival. |
| More than 200 people had searched for the child overnight. It is thought she spent hours wandering through the forest near her home in the village of Pierzwin. | |
| Her parents had last seen the three-year-old playing in the backyard with the small black mongrel. | |
| She was eventually discovered by firefighters after she was heard crying for her mother. | She was eventually discovered by firefighters after she was heard crying for her mother. |