Boxcar-Riding Dog Reunited With Owners
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jet, the black Labrador retriever that crossed the country while trapped in a boxcar, flew home from Oregon Thursday courtesy of Delta Air Lines and thumped his tail at the sight of his young mistress.
“Hey, Jet,” said Amanda Stroup, 8, of Waco, N.C., as the dog pawed the door of his pet carrier, pushed out and wagged his tail and licked her face and hands. “He looks just like he used to--a little skinny, though,” she said.
Jet staggered from a boxcar in Portland on Jan. 22, more than a month after evidently wandering into the car in North Carolina.
The dog was fed a special high-protein diet by veterinarians in Oregon and gained seven pounds after his ordeal.
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