Firefighters Rescue Dog Trapped Behind Wall Of Hussey Street Home

Scout the dog went missing on Hussey Street Sunday night.

The members of the Ness family, who were staying on the island for a few weeks, searched the downtown neighborhood for hours in vain until they returned to their rental and realized Scout wasn't just lost - he was stuck behind a wall inside their rental home.

The dog had fallen from the attic of the home down a 10 foot shaft and was unreachable.

The Ness family did the only thing they could think of: they called the Nantucket Fire Department. Members of NFD responded to Hussey Street just before 9 p.m., assessed the situation, and broke through some drywall to rescue Scout, a male border collie.

They reunited the dog - which was unarmed from the fall - with the grateful Ness family. All in a night’s work for NFD.