A local mother is looking for a group of heroes who saved her daughter from being mauled by a dog at Madison Park in Pennsauken. PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - A group of strangers quickly became heroes to Erika Rivera and her nine-year-old daughter Toni after saving the child from being mauled by a dog.
Rivera spoke to FOX 29’s Jennifer Joyce via Zoom as she sat by her daughter’s bedside at Cooper University Hospital. She said her daughter was attacked by a neighborhood dog on Monday in Pennsauken’s Madison Park.The Good Samaritans saw the attack and rushed in to help. "They’re the ones who called the police," Rivera said. "They’re the ones who called the ambulance." The group quickly jumped into action and took Toni to her aunt’s house three blocks away. "I was screaming for my mom.
They dragged me and put me in the car," Toni said. When Toni was dropped off at her aunt’s house, Rivera then rushed her daughter to the hospital without thanking the men. "As a mom, I was so frantic.