She said she was delivering the family’s mail along with a larger package. Normally, she would just leave it in the mailbox or on the front steps, but she didn’t want the package to get wet as the forecast called for rain.
When she walked behind the house towards the covered porch, she heard Buddy making a desperate sound. The yelp sounded as though it was coming from the pool.
“When I [got to] the back porch, I looked around and saw him in the water, and he looked like he couldn’t get out,” Boone recalled. “I went to try to get help, but [the Campbells] weren’t there, so I had to pull him out.”
Campbell said Buddy loves to walk on the edge of the pool, and if he falls in — which happens from time-to-time because he’s getting older — he usually swims to the steps. However, Campbell noted, “the steps aren’t set up because the pool’s not open for summer yet.”
“I was not going to leave him in there,” Boone said. “He reminded me of a child. His eyes, his eyes were just really getting to me because the way he was looking at me, he wanted help. He really did want help.”
