El Pasoan Tells Survival Story, Speaks Of Dog That Saved His Life

The El Paso Council 4964 of the League of Latin American Citizens held on Friday its first “El Paso’s Hero” night. The night was dedicated to one El Paso hero and it wasn’t a human--rather, a K-9 named Zulu, who saved the life of El Pasoan Bob Sumrall. “When I found the road, I said there's got to be a house, there's got to be something along the road. Nothing, I mean, we walked hours on this road and absolutely nothing,” said Sumrall, who shared his survival story with KFOX for the first time since being lost in the Gila wilderness for seven days. Sumrall said he would find nothing to protect himself from the freezing elements other than a solar blanket that wouldn't last long. “I tried to anchor it down with some rocks, but the wind just shredded it, so Zulu and I just curled up together,” said Sumrall. And it was from there, day by day, Zulu and Sumrall protected each other as they continued to try to find their way out of what appeared to be an endless forest...more

There are two video reports at the link.