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Answer 1

Animal Heroes

Jo Ann Altsman and her husband, Jack, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, had given their daughter a Vietnamese potbellied pig as a gift, but it seemed their daughter didn't really want it. After asking her parents to pig-sit while she went out of town, she never picked it up. So Jo Ann took in the pig, named LuLu, as her own.

One morning Jo Ann collapsed onto the floor. She had had a heart attack. She was not unconscious, though, and was able to yell for help.

LuLu approached. She looked at Jo Ann and started to cry, Jo Ann reports. Jo Ann says LuLu produced tears and made crying sounds.

Next the pig pushed out through the little door the Altsmans had created just for LuLu and the family dog. The door was a little too small for LuLu, and she cut her belly on the way out. Then, even though she had never left the yard on her own before, she somehow managed to push the gate open.

She trotted out to the street. There LuLu waited for cars. When a car came by, she lay down in the street with her legs up in the air.

The first person who drove by was afraid to get out of the car. But the next driver stopped, thinking that the pig was injured and needed help. To his surprise, LuLu got up and led the man to the house to Jo Ann.

The driver telephoned for help. When the paramedics arrived in just a few minutes, LuLu tried to get into the ambulance with Jo Ann. The paramedics shooed her away gently.

Thanks to LuLu, the story had a happy ending. Jo Ann got to the hospital in time and had heart surgery. Doctors say that if only 15 more minutes had passed, she likely would have died.

LuLu was rewarded with a jelly donut by Jo Ann. In addition, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals honored LuLu with a special award for bravery.