Last surviving 9/11 attacks search and rescue dog has died

CYPRESS, TEXAS — The last known surviving search and rescue dog from the 9-11 attacks in New York has died.

"Bretagne" (prouncned "Brittany") was put to sleep Monday at a veterinarian's office in Cypress, Texas.

The 16-year-old golden retriever had been in declining health.%

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Bretagne joined the local volunteer fire department's search and rescue team in 2000.

They honored the service dog for her distinguished career.

Capt. David Padovan of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department, had this to say about her:

"She served her country by deploying to the World Trade Center at the 9/11 disaster. She deployed to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, several other deployments. Once she retired, she then moved on to serve her community here, where for the past three years, she had gone once a week to Robert Rhodes Elementary School in Waller, and read with the first graders there."

Bretagne will eventually be laid to rest in the Houston area.

Cox Media Group