The devastating earthquake struck central Italy on August 24.
A golden retriever who answers to the name Romeo has been pulled, alive, from rubble in Amatrice in central Italy, nine days after an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.
Towns in the area were demolished and thousands of people were left without homes after an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale struck central Italy on 24 August, the most powerful in the country since 2009.
Nine days after the earthquake hit, footage released by the fire department in Amatrice shows a golden retriever who answers to the name Romeo being pulled from rubble in the town and appearing to show very little effects from his ordeal.
According to ABC, Romeo’s owners returned to what was left of their home on Friday for the first time since being evacuated following the earthquake.
Romeo heard their voices and started barking and firefighters were soon able to remove him from the rubble.
One fireman told the ANSA news agency: “We immediately began moving masonry from where the barking was coming from and incredibly we got to him and he was in pretty good condition,” one of the firemen told the ANSA news agency.
“Luckily some beams had fallen in a way that they were holding up the weight of everything above them, leaving Romeo with a little niche that he was able to survive in.”
Amidst all the tragedy, a truly heartwarming moment.
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