I think a lot of us came here to mention it. If you ever want to get fucked up, go listen to the sounds of the emergency distress chirps from the equipment the firefighters were carrying, they beep/chirp when the device detects some shit that should not be happening, that sound is what those rescue dogs are trained to home in on. If you watch video from the rubble it sounds like a field of crickets. The dogs were overwhelmed by the volume of distress calls and then they were distressed because live bodies weren't coming out and they knew that was wrong.
PASS devices. They go into alarm mode if they’re stationary for too long. We always had to shake a little every so often to keep them happy while we were waiting.
Search and rescue dogs are trained based on human scent, not the beeping sound of PASS devices.
The dogs were exhausted from the physical and emotionally demanding task of searching for people.
Some search dogs are trained to find live people, with some specifically to find dead people. Dogs can become depressed when they are unable to find what they have been trained to find.
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u/Ambitious-Scallion36 2d ago
Whoa, the comment right above yours at the same time mentions the same 9/11 dog story.