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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNoah's Ark except it's a school bus: Truck driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from floods of Hurricane
There is nothing like a meal at the Waffle House after driving more than 60 animals from the South Carolina coast to southern Alabama inside of a school bus. Tony Alsup can attest.
Alsup, a 51-year-old trucker from Greenback, Tenn., was parked at a Waffle House outside Fayetteville, N.C., on Sunday night for a quick pit stop and a plate of waffles and grits. He had been on the road since Monday, when he hopped in his bus and headed toward the coast, committed to rescuing as many animals as possible ahead of Hurricane Florence.
Inside the bus, the seats have been ripped out to make room for its passengers. On the buss side are the words EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE SHELTER. But it could have said Noahs Ark.
In the last week, Alsup and his bus have rescued 53 dogs and 11 cats from South Carolina shelters that were in Florences treacherous path, as first reported by the Greenville News.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/17/noahs-ark-except-its-a-school-bus-truck-driver-rescues-64-dogs-and-cats-from-floods-of-hurricane-florence/?utm_term=.f44526defbd8
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/09/16/florence-hurricane-tropical-storm-dogs-cats-scaped-school-bus/1322499002/
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Noah's Ark except it's a school bus: Truck driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from floods of Hurricane (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2018
OP
"We take on the ones that deserve a chance even though they are big and a little ugly."
Tom Rinaldo
Sep 2018
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bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)1. Bravo....!!!! N/t
peacebuzzard
(5,182 posts)2. A hero! Godspeed driver.
I admire this man, what an angel.
Thanks for this post!
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)3. "We take on the ones that deserve a chance even though they are big and a little ugly."
This man gets it. God bless him.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)4. Lol. So glad he was able to get cages. First thought
was how things were going in that bus.
I am sad that these are from shelters. Hopefully this is a ride to new homes.