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Memorials to Fallen K-9s
2001
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THE
LEGACY OF SIRIUS
First
on the web Sept. 2001
F.A.S.T.
Co. donates cards to all partners
of all
L.E. & SAR working dogs/horses
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PLEASE feel free to send condolences to Officer
Lim..
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Opening of
the New York Stock Exchange
(Dave
Lim, second on the left)
September
17, 2001 — Being present at the opening of the New York Stock
Exchange this morning is one of those events I’ll never forget. It’s not
that the markets opened for stock trading just six days after last week’s
disaster. It’s the images—and the unconscious display of what has made
America great—that are so memorable.
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Think
about it. Grasso, an Italian-American with a classic New York accent, makes
way for Sgrignoli, nee Wix, a career military officer born in Columbia
Station, Ohio, to Dutch immigrants, who sings a song written by a Russian-Jewish
immigrant, Irving Berlin. And then the start-trading button is pushed by
policemen, firemen and a paramedic with names like Manuel Delgado, David
Lim, Patrick Boylan and David Fischer. All of different ethnic origins,
but all of them Americans. No one made a big deal about this religious,
ethnic and racial mixture—or even mentioned it. It’s perfectly normal in
New York City, and in much of the rest of the country. The very naturalness
of this mixing is enough to make someone like me, a second generation American
of Eastern European Jewish origin married to a French-Irish woman, appreciate
just how different America is on its good days. And this was definitely
one of them.
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New Alaska
State Trooper canine Sirius
The
Lim's will be visitng Fairbanks
By BETH
IPSEN - Staff Writer 12/31/01
Meet Sirius
Name-Sake
NEW
TROOPER CANINE-- Alaska State Trooper, Lee Baker & his new partner,
Sirius,
are shown Friday afternoon in the Fairbanks troopers headquarters. Sirius
is named after a PAPD explosives detector canine who is missing in the
rubble of the WTC. Canine named for Ground Zero hero. The New York City
Port Authority police officer was in Anchorage to commemorate the loss
of his partner, a bomb sniffing dog named Sirius. Sirius was killed when
the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. On
Friday, the Alaska State Troopers honored the fallen K-9.
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The
Legacy of Sirius
Little
does new Alaska State Trooper canine Sirius realize he has a huge legacy
resting on his 2 year old shoulders. The almost 90 pound Belgian Malinois
is one of five dogs recently added to the troopers' ranks and the only
one coming to Fairbanks. At the moment, the Alaska Sirius is perfectly
happy to play fetch and tug of war with his handler, trooper Lee Baker,
before they head off to canine academy Jan. 6, 2002. When Sirius
comes back to Fairbanks, he'll not only have to live up to the reputation
trooper canines Nissan and Comco have built here, but also to the story
of his namesake, a New York Port Authority explosive detection canine.
The East Coast Sirius was the only law enforcement dog to die in the attack
on the World Trade Center. About 3,000 people were killed. "Sirius stands
for something more than a dog," Baker said. "Unfortunately it's because
of a tragic event. Maybe that will remind us that there is good in people."
It was trooper Gary Tellep's idea to name one of the five new dogs after
Sirius. It was just luck that the dog was to be assigned to Tellep's location.
Tellep is from New York and grew up walking by the World Trade Center construction
site. After the attacks, like many others, he watched and read the harrowing
stories of survivors.
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Iditarod 2002
Started Saturday,
March 2, 2002
NY-NJ
Port Authority,
Officer
David Lim
waves
the American flag
while
riding on a dog sled.
Idita-Rider
remembers K-9 partner.
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Anchorage,
Alaska, March 2, 2002 -
An Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race musher carried
thoughts
of September 11 with him Saturday.
Idita-Rider
David Lim hitched a ride on the sled of
Junior
Iditarod champ, Cali King.
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Alaska
Police Dog Named for Hero New York Canine
Friday,
March 1, 2002 11:42 PM ET
Teresa
Reardon
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska (Reuters) - The Alaska State Troopers Friday honored a New York
police dog, Sirius, that died on Sept. 11 while trying to help rescue victims
in the collapsing World Trade Center. At a ceremony attended by the dog's
partner, New York Port Authority Police Officer David Lim, the troopers
named one of their new search dogs, a 2 year-old Belgian Malinois, after
Sirius. Lim, who was extracted from the rubble after Tower One collapsed,
said he is grateful for the attention being given the bomb sniffing dog.
"A lot of times, Sirius got lost in the shuffle, with all of the human
cost," he said. Fairbanks based Alaska State Trooper Gary Tellep is credited
with the idea of naming an Alaska dog after Sirius.Tellep, who grew up
in New York, said he was touched by the story of Sirius' heroism and death.
Tellep is also an officer with the union that represents state troopers,
which purchased the $4,500 search dog. In addition to the trooper ceremony,
Lim and his family will attend the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race, to be held Saturday in downtown Anchorage. Lim was able to take a
ride in the Iditarod in Sirius' memory. "Amongst this community, the Iditarod
community, I feel more comfortable talking about Sirius," said Lim. "Obviously,
we had great losses on 9-11. Sirius gets kind of s lost in the shuffle
every now and then. So here, I know I'm speaking to the dog lover's
crowd." Troopers renamed their new K-9 dog Sirius, in memory of Officer
Lim's fallen partner.
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DogFancy
May 2002
Port
Authority Police Officer David Lim is the only handler to lose his dog
in the World Trade Center attack. An explosives detection dog, 4 year old
yellow Labrador Retriever, Sirius, searched trucks and packages to secure
the Twin Towers. At 8:45 AM on September 11, Lim received a radio transmission
about an explosion on the upper level of Tower One. He left Sirius in his
6 by 10 foot kennel in the basement of Tower Two. "My plan was to get the
people out and then go back and get him," Lim says. He made it to the 44th
floor of Tower One when Tower Two was hit. He radioed for someone to get
Sirius while he helped with the evacuation. Before Lim could escape the
building, Tower One collapsed. It was like a hurricane, an avalanche, a
locomotive," he recalls. Lim, six firefighters, and one woman were trapped
on the fourth floor of Tower One. Five hours later, finally freed from
the rubble, Lim tried to reach his do, "I couldn't get in there," he says.
"I feel a lot of guilt. He was my partner." A day after the show, it was
hard to miss the contrast between Coby (partner David Graves, SAR) &d
Sirius and pampered Poodle Spice as she picked at a raw hamburger patty
served on a pewter platter at the famed Sardi's restaurant. Even before
Sept. 11, this scene was never normal. But now, even the winner of the
most coveted title in the show dog world must concede that this is the
age of the working class dog.
Martha
M.Everett, Managing Editor.
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March
11, 2002
In New
York City, a moment of silence began a day of reflection for city officials
and victims’ families who gathered at a park near ground zero Monday morning.
That evening, the lights reflected the towers and will remain on at night
for an undisclosed amount of time.
March
11, 2002
6 Months
Anniversary of 9/11/01
Officer
David W. Lim was interviewed by Katie Couric on the
TODAY
show.
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Graduation - K-9
SPRIG, March 28th, 2002
The
Jersey Journal
NEWARK
(AP) - Despite billions of dollars being spent on security technology at
the nation's airports since Sept. 11, a dog's nose remains the state-of
the art tool in bomb detection. "I'll get on any plane our dogs search
and not have any qualms about it," K-9 trainer Thomas Johnson of the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a published report.
Johnson's dog Max, a Belgian malinois, was among 11 canines who received
diplomas this week for passing the agency's 10-week bomb and drug detection
training program. Three of the animals will join the 17 dogs already working
at Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports. "They'll go around and check
anything that's unattended - bags and cars," said Sgt. Vincent Oliva, the
Port Authority's K-9 unit commander. "At the hint of any problem, everything's
checked, with the dogs and visually." Besides the generally heightened
security since Sept. 11, the federal mandate requiring all checked bags
to be inspected for explosives has boosted demand for bomb-sniffing
dogs. Critics say the animals are being churned out too quickly, and the
caliber of dogs used by private firms has slipped. "You have people who
are reputable and they maintain high standards. And then you have people
jumping into this since 9-11," said Mike Herstik, a private California
bomb-dog trainer. "They rush dogs out based on financial criteria." The
Port Authority dogs meet or exceed state standards in New Jersey and New
York and are subjected to continual retesting, Oliva said. "I'd love to
train one for two or three years," he said. "But can we afford to do that
right now? We can't." In 2000, five of the Port Authority's nine
FAA-certified
dogs passed recertification tests. Since then, the agency has rebuilt the
unit, and 11 of its 20 bomb dogs are now FAA-certified. The dogs supplement
the work of airport screeners, who are still failing to detect knives,
guns and simulated explosives in tests by federal officials. The animals
sniff bags when scanners indicate a possible problem and are deployed when
VIPs visit. They also do sweeps of terminals, planes, cargo areas and parking
lots.
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This year's National
Labrador Specialty Show,
is being held in Sturbridge
MA
October 13, 2002.
They dedicated this
show in honor of Sirius.
Nice to know that
his spirit endures in the hearts of Labrador owners!!
Thanks Pat (breeder
of Sirius)
for this entry.
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