LUCY

28″ x 28″ Stretched Canvas Limited Edition – $2500.00

• Stretched on 1 1/2″ stretcher bars.
• Wired and ready to hang.
• Signed & numbered by Ron.
• Certificate of Authenticity included.

ABOUT LUCY:

Search and Rescue – California Task Force 3

“When I got Lucy she was a hardened professional with years of wilderness and disaster search experience. She had already survived two near-death experiences, one of which was a rattlesnake bite, incurred while on a wilderness search. She worked the OKC bombing with our Urban Search & Rescue team, CA Task Force 3.

At age 8 she injured her back leg and couldn’t work on rubble for six months. In that six months she became a CA OES certified Human Remains Detection dog. Within a few months she had found a murder victim still buried 6-8 ft. deep in a landfill. Finding that lady’s body put the bad guy away forever.

We trained and honed our skills as a team for years until we were called upon to work the World Trade Center in Sept. 2001 with CA TF4. She was incredible, finding her first human remains within five minutes of setting foot on the WTC site. In addition to her work locating the victims of this travesty, she would go up to firefighters, police officers and construction workers, offer little kisses of condolence and absorb their tears into her coat.

Following the crash of the Shuttle Columbia Lucy was requested by NASA to fly to TX to help locate the remains of our astronauts. She worked there for nine days as part of a massive team that eventually brought our astronauts home to their families.

I really miss working with/for Lucy. She was truly my partner in addition to being my best friend, accepting anything I did and loving me no matter what. Lucy died on August 4, 2006. Her last minutes were spent where she loved best, the rubble pile at the DART training site.”

Lynne Engelbert