This Dog’s Dramatic Rescue Captured the Nation’s Attention

This dog survived being swept away in a rain-swollen river for a gnarly two hours. His name is Scooby, after the lovable, loyal cartoon character. Angela Buono is Scooby’s relieved owner. Viewers were glued to their screens watching Scooby’s life and death drama played out on live television in Los Angeles. The German shepherd mix had run into the morally dry Los Angeles Riverbed, but on this day, the rain turned it into a fast-moving river.