First, Dan Hughes, a former secret service agent for the United States was reporting to work at one of
the towers on 9-11, 2001 when it collapsed. Listen to his story about his experience and survival and
how that led him to want to work with dogs. He is currently the co-owner of Dogs for Defense, a
company of detection dogs that sniff out drugs and bombs.
Then, there were numerous search and rescue dog teams that worked at the World Trade Center on 9-
11. I’ll share a few of the stories of these dog heroes.
 
Additional Resources for the Episode.
Dogs for Defense Website.
Source for stories about the search and rescue dogs: Dog Heroes of September, 11th: A Tribute to
America’s Search and Rescue dogs, by Nona Kilgore Bauer.
To see photos of Dan Hughes and the search and recovery dogs spoken about in the podcast, visit
https://raisingyourpaws.com/

075 From 9-11: A Secret Service Agent’s Tale of Survival and Dogs That Worked Ground Zero.

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