Did the dog survive after a man threw it off a 6 story building in Brooklyn last week?
A young Brooklyn man hurled his dog from the roof of a Brooklyn housing project – but the pooch miraculously survived the six-story plunge, officials said. Fabian Henderson, 19, was busted Friday for the cruel crime against Oreo, who ended up with shattered legs, bruised lungs and severe internal bleeding. “It’s just remarkable she survived that fall,” Joseph Pentangelo of the ASPCA said of the 1-year-old terrier mix. The heartless act happened June 18 at the Red Hook Houses and left Henderson’s neighbors stunned. “It gives me goose bumps,” said a resident who would only give her first name, Elester. The ASPCA initially received a complaint that an animal was being beaten on the third floor of 28 W. Ninth St., where Henderson lives with his family, Pentangelo said. A few minutes later, the ASPCA got two more calls from people reporting a dog had been thrown off the roof. Read more:
Teen ‘threw dog off six-storey building A New York teenager has been accused of throwing his one-year-old pet dog off a six-storey building — a fall the terrier mix miraculously survived. But the dog, Oreo, shattered all four legs and suffered internal injuries, animal welfare officials said. “This was unquestionably an act of cruelty,” animal cruelty expert Joe Pentangelo was quoted in The New York Post as saying. Several people called emergency services after seeing the dog plummet to the ground from the top of a housing project building in Brooklyn on June 18. Police later found Oreo barely alive. All four of the dog’s limbs needed to be surgically repaired with screws and plates. The terrier mix also suffered internal bruising and damage to its lungs — but it is expected to survive. Oreo’s owner, 19-year-old Fabian Henderson, claimed the dog had jumped off the roof but police were suspicious because of a ledge which would have made falling unlikely. The teen’s family said Henderson
