Sarah: Get that animal off my daughter right now!
Officer Miller: Ma'am, stay back! Do not step any closer!
Mark: Are you out of your mind? Your dog tackled a six-year-old girl!
Officer Miller: I am commanding you both to hold your position!
Sarah: Lily! Lily, baby, are you okay? Can you hear me?
Lily: Mommy... it hurts... he's heavy...
Officer Davis: Miller, secure the dog! The crowd is gathering!
Officer Miller: I have him by the vest, but nobody moves forward!
Mark: I'm going to sue the entire police department! Give me your badge number!
Officer Miller: Sir, look at the ground right next to her hand!
Mark: I don't care about the ground! Get your hands off my child!
Sarah: She's just a little girl! What is wrong with you people?
Officer Davis: Sir, look at the bush! Do not take another step!
Mark: What bush? What are you talking about?
Officer Miller: The red-stick thicket directly behind where she was standing.
Sarah: Oh God... Mark, look...
Mark: Is that... oh Jesus.
Officer Miller: That's a Eastern Copperhead. coiled right in the dry leaves.
Sarah: It was right next to her disc...
Officer Miller: She was reaching directly into the shadow to pick up her toy.
Mark: The dog... he didn't attack her?
Officer Miller: Duke saw the snake strike position before any of us did.
Sarah: He knocked her out of the way...
Officer Miller: He took her down to save her life. If she took one more step, that snake would have bitten her face.
Lily: Mommy, why is the doggie laying on me?
Sarah: Oh honey... oh my baby girl...
Officer Davis: Back up slowly, everyone. I'm calling animal control for snake removal.
Mark: Officer... I... I don't know what to say.
Officer Miller: Say nothing yet, sir. Let's get your daughter up safely first.
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