article_snippet.sent: However, first responders were unable to get a boat out to The black pooch because the river was too shallow.
article_snippet.sent: first responders also didn't want to send anyone into the pond in fear that first responders would get stuck too.
article_snippet.sent: Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes said that if the ordeal had gone on much longer the ordeal could have proved fatal. '
article_snippet.sent: the ordeal’s a good thing
article_snippet.sent: Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes had Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes cellphone considering Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes was in the mud and water to about Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes chest and it was about 33 degrees [Fahrenheit],' Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes added.