POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A puppy named Freddy is back home with his family following a week-long search in Schuylkill County.
"Freddy" was rescued from an abandoned coal pit in Pottsville.
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The 6-month-old was missing for a week. His family posted on social media, asking the community to keep an eye out.
Hiker Collin Lieby heard about the lost dog and saw Freddy in the coal pit.
"He came across the pit at the bottom of the pit and like got to the wall and you could see he like, didn't have strength to get up it. He got like, just enough where I could lay down and grab him by the neck. And then I just pulled him up by its collar, and he lost it when I, when I like, finally got him up the bank like the cries that he let out were like. It was like heartbreaking but amazing at the same time."
Freddy had lost some weight, but otherwise, he's okay.
