Something drew Bryn Crowell and her friends’ eye as they were kayaking off the coast of Florida. They decided to slow down and turn around to see what the unusual item in the water was. From a distance, Bryn and his buddies assumed it was a misplaced hat, but when they came closer, everything changed.
Bryn explained to The Dodo: “My initial reaction was, “Wow, that hat looks like a dog!” After another second, I realized it was a dog!” Nobody knew how the small dog ended up so far away from the coast, but it was clear that he was battling for his life.
The tiny puppy went overboard without his family’s knowledge, and they mistook him for someone lurking in the boat.
They did not discover it after looking for a few minutes, so they decided to return to the places where they had explored.
They didn’t work out, but Zuko was given a second start at life courtesy to Bryn and her friends.
Bryan remarked:
“When we returned to Zuko, we saw [his owners] sobbing and cuddling him.”