Dog saves Indiana wheelchair user from freezing to death

From NBC in Indiana:

WHITELAND, Ind. - An Indiana man confined to a wheelchair says he owes his life to the same dog he once rescued.

Don Fisher rescued Auggie, a golden retriever mix, from a local shelter nearly a year-and-a-half ago.

Auggie and his litter had been abandoned.

"Threw him in a dumpster. Him and his brothers and sisters," explained Fisher.

Last week Auggie returned the favor when Fisher says the dog saved his life.

Fisher is confined to a wheelchair after his legs were amputated for diabetes.

The 75-year-old went outside in his wheelchair early Jan. 8 to get the paper.

Auggie, as he usually does, followed.

When Fisher tried to turn around, he realized his wheelchair was stuck in the snow.

Fisher was stuck outside in freezing cold, so he told Auggie to go back to the house to alert Fisher's son to come out and help him. Auggie barked until Mark Fisher came to the door and saw his father outside.