One day you finally wake up and realize the smell is gone. Team members have been all over the world, lending a hand at disaster after disaster, from the floods in Grand Forks, S.D., to hurricanes Andrew in Florida and Mitch in Central America, to the earthquake in Kobe, Japan. It makes me feel guilty when I thank God my family and animals are safe. The day before, the Pegasus people had saved Garth, a catfish, from a water-filled overturned container 30 yards from his owners' demolished home. He and his aquarium had been missing for two days.
Tornadoes are weird things.
A yelp for help comes from across the rubble in the hardest-hit section of Del City. A dog in the back seat of a demolished car is covered with debris. Minshew crawls into the car and comforts the frightened spaniel as she checks the dog for injuries. Pegasus senior field agent Shirley Minshew put a muzzle on the dog, which had been missing since Sunday night. After a thorough check of all limbs and abdomen, she offers the shaking dog a drink of water from her fingertips.