It's been a hell of a long year, but it's Christmas Eve now and boy do I have a sickeningly sweet holiday story to tell. 1/
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Well, screw that train. We'll take the next train. Husband starts walking around the building, knocking on doors. I kneel down and try to comfort the dog, who is terrified. 5/
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Someone answers their door. Is this your dog? Nope. Next door. Is this your dog? Nope. 6/
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Third door: Is this your dog? No, but I think that's Neighbor B's dog. She lives on the second floor, in apartment X. Awesome. We knock on apartment X. No answer. 7/
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We knock again. We bang the crap out of that door. No one is home. Well, shit. 8/
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A couple other neighbors, hearing all the banging, come into the hallway to investigate. We now have three separate neighbors deeply invested in the welfare of this dog. 9/
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In the meantime, I've halfway succeeded in calming her down. I'm sitting on the floor of the hallway comforting her. 10/pic.twitter.com/0xKmMaVspD
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Finally, a breakthrough: Someone says the man who lives across the hall from Neighbor B takes care of the dog sometimes when its owner is away. He works down the street. Husband walks out to go find him. 11/
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We'll refer to this guy as John. John is not at his workplace, but another employee there gives my husband John's number. 12/
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Husband calls John. John answers. Yes, of course he knows the dog. He's about 20 minutes away. He's coming. 13/
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We wait. More neighbors come out. More people know the dog and her owner. They're horrified that she escaped. Jesus! How did that happen? 15/
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Someone brings out a pen and paper. I write a note to tape to the dog owner's door for when she gets back, telling her her dog will be in John's apartment. Meanwhile: 16/pic.twitter.com/2ZytIY96dF
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Finally, John arrives and comes upstairs. "Bella, girl! What are you doing, Bella, my girl?" Bella leaps up and runs over and John scoops her up. 17/
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I do not have a photo of John and Bella. Sorry. I was trying not to be a creeper. Here's one of Bella with my husband a few minutes earlier, though. 18/pic.twitter.com/MLORGzm7JE
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We put the note on the door. John took Bella into his apartment to wait safely until her owner got home. Husband and I went and made the next train. And that's the story of how an entire four-story NYC apartment building came together before Christmas to help a lost dog. 19/end
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