NDRF’s Romeo and Julie save 6-year-old

Romeo and Julie, part of the NDRF’s dog squad, miraculously rescued a six-year-old girl and made headlines.
A lot of credit for the daring rescue ought to be reserved for them. The dog squad succeeded in detecting the little girl’s whereabouts under tonnes of rubble. The little girl could not have survived without them.
The NDRF is currently making an all-out effort to save lives and find a living soul in the rubble at the disaster site at Nurdagi and in different parts of Turkey which were badly affected by the earthquake on February 6.
Dog handler Constable Kundan explained how Julie found the little girl, who has been identified as Beren, alive first in the rubble at the Nurdagi site.
“We were asked by our government to facilitate search and rescue operations here in Nurdagi and we had a lead about a survivor trapped in the rubble. We asked Julie to go inside the rubble. She went in and started barking, which was a sign that she had detected a survivor trapped underneath,” he told.
“For reconfirmation, we have sent Romeo (Male Labrador) into the rubble and he also confirmed through barking that someone was, indeed, alive under the debris,” another NDRF dog attendant informed.
After several hours of the rescue operation, NDRF personnel succeeded in saving the life of 6-year-old Beren.
A six-story building collapsed and turned into rubble at the Nurdagi site where the NDRF is conducting search and rescue operations.
Locals informed NDRF about surviving victims inside the debris after which Julie and Romeo were tasked to locate the surviving victims. The task was assigned and they succeeded.
Appreciating NDRF for saving the girl, Home Minister Amit Shah later tweeted, “Proud of our NDRF. In the rescue operations in Turkey, Team IND-11 saved the life of a six-year-old girl, Beren, in Gaziantep city. Under the guidance of PM @narendramodi, we are committed to making @NDRFHQ the world’s leading disaster response force. #OperationDost.”