Jamie Grabowski, a Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) driver, had just concluded her route around late night last week when she noticed two stray canines running alone in the streets. She stopped her bus and shouted out to them, concerned that they would freeze in the cold or be hit by a car.
“Hey there, you two! Jamie shouts, “You need to go home right now!” “Come on, come on inside!” She then opened the front door and let the dogs board the bus. She then contacted MCTS dispatchers to inform them of her odd predicament.
Jamie sat with the dogs and played with them until a police officer arrived. He took them to the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission, the area’s only institution that accepts street dogs.
The dogs had slipped out of their yard and traveled more than four kilometers away from their family home. The family had spent the entire night looking for them. And, owing to Jamie’s efforts, the dogs were safely returned to their owners in time for Christmas.
“It turns out that the dogs escaped from their family’s yard 2 and a half miles distant from where Jamie found them,” transit officials noted. “Jamie, an avid animal lover who jokes about being a ‘dog whisperer,’ said she’s glad she was at the right place at the right time to help the two very wonderful boys.
This week, the owners of two dogs met with Jamie to thank her for assisting them in relocating their pets. “MCTS bus driver Jamie Grabowski got to reunite today with the two dogs she found,” the MCTS said on social media. She also met the grateful family of the pets for the first time!”
It’s a Christmas miracle for two puppies in Milwaukee, and their owners are grateful to Grabowski for her kindness and to get their pets back in time for the holidays.
