A plastic bag. That was what stood between a dog and tragedy in the floods in Artigas, in northern Uruguay.
It’s the kind of object no one looks at twice. Something used to carry groceries and thrown away without a second thought. But amid the water surging through the city, that ordinary object ended up making the difference between life and death for this animal.
A young man saw the dog clinging to the bag and didn’t hesitate to jump into the water to rescue it before the current swept it away. While Artigas grappled with the floodwaters, this animal became the central character in a story now told as one of the most incredible stories from the emergency.