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Canine life-saver

Thursday 11 February 1993 00:02 GMT
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A pensioner's life was saved by her small dog which sat on her chest for three days after she fell over in an isolated field. A rescue helicopter's thermal-image camera recorded the body heat retained by Isobelle Lenihan, 77, who was today being treated for hypothermia.

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