David Halterman

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@DIRECTVhelp @xoxoRain0 It is blacked out in Lexington, KY. Please get this resolved so I don’t have to change carriers.

[End3of6Days9 (Helen) 🇺🇸 @end3of6days9]

The Dog Who Wouldn't Stop Searching

On September 11, 2001, Apollo disappeared into a hole in the rubble at Ground Zero.

Then a fireball erupted.

Seconds later, the German Shepherd came running back toward his handler, NYPD Officer Peter Davis.

Apollo was on fire.

Davis brushed the burning embers from his thick coat.

And Apollo went right back to searching.

Apollo was nine years old—an age when many police dogs had already retired. But that morning, he and Davis became the first canine search-and-rescue team to arrive at Ground Zero.

The conditions were brutal.

To reach the rubble, Davis later recalled wading through water that came nearly to his waist. Apollo searched across jagged concrete and dangerously hot debris. His coat was singed. His paws became cracked and bruised.

Still, he searched.

Apollo had been trained to find the living. But as the hours passed, the terrible reality of the site became clearer. Eventually, Davis had to physically pull Apollo away from the debris when the dog refused to stop looking.

And Apollo wasn't alone.

Search-and-rescue dogs and their handlers worked through wreckage, dust and toxic fumes in the aftermath of the attacks. Apollo became a symbol of all of them.

On March 5, 2002, he was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for courage and devotion to duty. Apollo had been selected by ballot to receive the honor on behalf of every search-and-rescue dog that had worked at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Apollo lived to be 14.

Twenty-five years later, we remember the people who ran toward danger that morning.

Apollo reminds us that not all of them ran on two legs.
❤️🐾

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Austin Wells chestguard tonight…

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@SwPrayer Amen

[Father Jim Sichko @JimSichko]

When you're tempted to lose patience with someone, think how patient God has been with you all the time! BOOM

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

Happy baby makes happy mom!

[Douglass High School Athletics @FDHSATHLETICS]

Bronco Nation welcome Tori Hanson as the new head coach for girls volleyball for this next chapter of the program! Show some love 🧡💚

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

Fayette County Schools has decided they are going to ignore the AG and raises their portion of the income tax 50% anyway. Oh, and still spend over $13,000 this summer sending staff to Vegas and Florida despite their reported budget shortfall.

The Kentucky AG has issued an opinion that the Fayette County Schools illegally voted to increase taxes when they did not provide enough notice to the public. FCPS has issued a statement claiming they believe the AG is wrong and are going forward anyway.

They could just hold the vote correctly, but I'm sure the legal fight while having a supposed funding need that necessitates raising taxes is totally worth it.

[Andrew Cooperrider @KYCooperrider]

Fayette County Public Schools spent $32,000 buying 4,000 pints of "craft ice cream". That's a cost of $8 a pint.

Now they want to raise their income tax 50% to make ends meet.

If you don't know how ridiculous that is please go search how much a pint of ice cream is at Walmart. They couldn't buy ice cream from their food wholesalers for less than we can buy ice cream at Walmart? There was not a cheaper way to get an ice cream day done?

I'm not saying don't get the kids a treat, but when you're broke you stretch every dollar. I guess when you can just go out and always get more money by putting your hands in other people's pockets, money is never going to be a concern.

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@KellyDBradley @MU_COEPD @marshallu Congratulations!

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@ScottSteiner #hollaifyouhearme

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

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[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@ScottSteiner #hollaifyouhearme

[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

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[David Halterman @dingerdad5]

@coachgogo26 South Lexington families with young players: You won’t find a better coach who will care about your players. Watch out for Lafayette!