While on a jog on a hot day in New Jersey, People magazine reporter Diane Herbst was alerted by a pair of pups in a desperate situation.
Already knowing the weather outside was too severe to bring her own pooch on the trail with her, she was appalled to find these two cuties sitting in a locked car alone with the windows slightly cracked. She jumped into action, calling 911 multiple times and even considered breaking the windows herself to rescue the long-haired dogs.
After 16 stressful minutes waiting on the phone with the police, the fire department arrived to finally set the pups free.
Herbst shed tears of relief and placed a call to the number officials found on a card in the vehicle. She spoke to the negligent owner’s husband who explained the woman and her son were in the park searching for wild mushrooms and that he would inform them of the situation.
About 35 minutes after originally calling the authorities about the situation, the woman in question arrived with her son. The only problem? She was in no way apologetic, but instead upset and demanded to know why they had opened her door.
When officers asked her how she would feel locked in that situation, she simply huffed away and attempted to force water from her bottle into one of the dog’s faces, something Herbst captured on video.
