Dogs Don’t Give Up. Neither Should We.

STRANGE CREATURES

The Airedale was under the ice for nearly an hour. The frenzied rescue attempt always seemed crazy—until last week.

Published Feb. 28 2016 12:15AM EST

articles/2016/02/28/dogs-don-t-give-up-neither-should-we/160227-dexter-dogs-tease_mg32vg — Shutterstock

I have a brother, Tom Tollefson, six years younger but still no spring chicken even back in 2002 when this happened. He and three friends—one of whom, a reporter named Brett French, wrote a memorable report about this incident in the Billings (Montana) Gazette, from which I pulled details that...