On a freezing day in Missouri, the rescue team spotted a terrified stray pup running along the railroad tracks, and their hearts sank.

With a train expected at any moment, the rescuers knew they had no time to lose.

The small white dog kept moving down the metro line, worn out and unsure of where to go. All he longed for was for someone to notice him and bring him to warmth and safety.

Racing Against Time To Rescue The Pup

The rescuers worried about more than just the approaching train.

“[T]he spot [where] we initially saw him on the tracks was open and right above the river. One wrong step and he could have very easily fallen in,” Donna Lochmann, the chief life-saving officer at Stray Rescue of St. Louis , told The Dodo .

Lochmann’s instinct was to rush toward the pup , later

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