Canopy Walk Lane
Canopy Walk condo complex
Palm Coast, Florida
Normal
James
Bennett (79) and wife Sandra (72) take their dog Gidget, a 7-year-old
Yorkshire Terrier, for a walk in the grounds of their condo complex.
Nearby, Neel (60)
and Helena (58) Karnani are walking their two dogs. One of their dogs, a
young and excitable male named “Wilson” breaks free of its leash and
runs around. It spots Gidget and runs toward her.
Not
Wilson
is a pit bull mix; it doesn’t run toward Gidget, it charges her. The
difference is readily apparent to Mr. Bennett, who picks his dog up to
protect her. The pit bull
is not discouraged by having to attack a man; it leaps up and bites
down on Gidget’s back and James Bennett’s arm. When Bennett tries to
knock the pit back with his free arm, it repeatedly lunges and knocks
him to the ground. Gidget is thrown loose and tries to run,
but the pit bull chases her down, catches her and mauls her to death.
“And
the dog may be dead! Our dog may be dead!” the yorkie’s owner screams.
“Your dog?” the dispatcher asks. “Yes! A big dog attacked them! Please
hurry!”
Someone
calls 911, and both sets of owners are heard from during the call. The
Bennetts plead for help for their dog. The Karnanis use the call to
attempt to protect both themselves
and their killer pit bull.
“He's a mutt dog, but he's basically a 60 pound mixed dog, mixed breed. He got off the leash by mistake.”
Neel
Karnani wrestles his pit bull off Gidget’s corpse as police arrive. As
deputies sort out the events and James Bennett’s wounds are assessed,
Sandra Bennett passes out
from an anxiety attack. The Karnanis surrender their pit bull to
Flagler Humane Society for euthanization.
Obituary for a normal dog
Neighbor Patty Snyder on Gidget:
“I knew the dog, too. It was the sweetest little thing.
Sandra Bennett
"She
was just a tiny, little bitty thing, and that dog aimed to kill,"
Sandra Bennett said. "She loved so many people, and she just brought so
much pleasure to everybody's
life. It's terrible that she had to be taken away from us in such a
horrible manner. And my poor husband has to suffer and think about all
those things."
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