Missing dog helps discover man with critical medical issue

Man was immobile for 2 days before he was found

(NORTH VERNON, Ind.) -- Two people found a dog that broke off a chain and went missing from a home in Jennings County last week.

The good Samaritans wanted to find the dog's rightful owners and decided to knock on local doors.

They ended up being at the right place at the right time.

While knocking on one door, they heard a man yelling for help from inside the home.

One of the good Samaritans ran into the house and found an elderly man who needed immediate medical care and had been immobilized for two days.

First responders arrived and were able to transport the man to the hospital.

"A Rescue 20 worker advised Deputies that if he had not been found soon, the male may not have survived much longer," the Jennings County Sheriff's Office said.

Sheriff Kenny Freeman also took the missing dog to Animal Control and it was eventually returned to the rightful owners.

Thank you to these good Samaritans for their kindness in caring about the dog but also potentially saving the elderly male," the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook. "Although it was not her owner, this pup breaking loose likely saved a life."