And, they called it puppy love…
(NECN/ABC) – After months of international bureaucracy, dealing with smugglers and the challenge of transporting a dog from a war zone to Seattle, Lena Bourillion and friends welcomed home Oso the dog.
Despite a 50-hour trip, the grateful pup, who is only five-months-old, has tons of energy.
But, what a journey — one that began in Afghanistan, where Lena’s husband serves with a U.S. Army stryker team. One day Phil Bourillion spotted a puppy scavenging for food in a trash pile. He picked her up and took her in.
Soon, Oso, as she was called, was adopted by the entire unit, which found diversion and comfort in the little Afghanistan mountain dog.
So, when soldiers got marching orders and couldn’t take the puppy, they paid a local driver to sneak Oso across enemy lines. Then, from Seattle, Phil’s wife, Lena, worked the phones making arrangements to have Oso smuggled into Pakistan and flown to the U.S.
ABC’s Mark Mullen reports.
