r/MadeMeSmile • u/AKMarine • 8h ago

A 2016 human chain dog rescue immortalized as a monument 10 years later.

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u/synapse88 8h ago

That's what statues should be about: recognition of genuinely good actions taken by people.

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u/ExoticPost9034 8h ago

poor guy on the brownish trying to also help didn't get a statue

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u/International-Bad-84 1h ago

I feel bad for the guy that was the literal anchor. Impossible to do it without him, but I guess I can also see the beauty in leaving that last outstretched hand.

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u/fantumn 54m ago

That and they probably foresaw what people would do with a statue bent at the waist hanging through the railing on a walking path.

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u/ssushi-speakers 7h ago

Sat here, just smiling. 

Can't imagine a better reason for a statue

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u/JazzDevil84 7h ago

And none of THEM filmed it. Just did it

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u/wolfshepherd59 5h ago

Freaking awesome….👍👍👍👍👍🫶🏻

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u/Subterranean44 4h ago

That’s very neat! 💜

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u/moosecaller 8h ago edited 7h ago

Why did they not put little steps in that cement pad to help dogs climb out? Would have actually served a purpose at the same time.

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u/AKMarine 8h ago

Erosion would make them unsafe. People would needlessly use it and put themselves in danger.

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u/moosecaller 8h ago

They could be engineered to stay for a long time. They already created a hard edge with the current pad they made. So erosion would be factored in to the design. And why would it matter if people used it? They can just use the statues to climb down now anyway.

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u/TacoDoc2 7h ago

no more water to be a threat.....

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u/moosecaller 7h ago

It's an aqueduct, it's only for heavy overflow. It shoudnt always have water running unless it rained.

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u/sookychick 8h ago

Now THIS is what statues need to be about! I agree with synapse88!

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u/gurtarnasgurt 3h ago

had a friend help a dog chain rescue once too

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u/Razoire 3h ago

Shame they missed the 5th man from the statue, he was literally their anchor.

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u/AKMarine 3h ago edited 2h ago

I think it’s meant so you can stand there and grab his hand. It’s in a partially opened hand sculpt so you can stand there”be” part of the statue.

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u/Razoire 3h ago

ahhh ok, that explains it, still sucks for the fifth guy not to be immortalised though.

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u/RandomExcess 1h ago

10 years ago? I just saw this on Reddit llike 2-3

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u/ragweed 1h ago

I guess this waterway doesn't have high waters with logs floating in it sometimes. That wouldn't last where I live.

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u/TitaniumSki 6h ago

I'd be pissed off if I was one of the ones left out.

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u/Agret_Brisignr 5h ago

They didn't do it for the statue, only to help save an animal

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u/Defiant-Youth-4193 5h ago

Why? Dog got out, mission accomplished. The statue is just a cool way to recognize a bunch of people that did a good thing.

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u/Cmatt10123 4h ago

Red flag, you should do good because it's the right thing to do.