Lilly, an 8-year-old Pit Bull from Massachusetts, rescued her owner from the train track but lost a limb after she was hit by a train. Rescued three years ago by Boston Police Officer David Lanteigne, Lilly was to be a therapy dog for his Mother, Christine Spain, who suffers from alcoholism, depression and anxiety.

As Lilly and Spain were out taking a late night walk, Spain became unconscious and fell onto the tracks just as a train was approaching. Lilly jumped onto the tracks and pulled the woman to safety. The train's engineer said that he saw the woman and her dog on the tracks and tried to stop the train but feared he had hit them both.