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Associated Press Published 7:25 a.m. ET Aug. 11, 2020 <\/p>\n
FRANKFORT, Mich. A dog treading water nearly four miles offshore in Lake Michigan has been rescued by a family out on a boating trip.<\/p>\n
The family was boating from Grand Haven to Frankfort in northwestern Michigan Friday when Jeannie Wilcox said she saw a \"red animal in the lake\" and started screaming, 'dog in the water!'\"<\/p>\n
They were able to get the dog onto the boat's swim platform and dried her off, Wilcox told WOOD-TV.<\/p>\n
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The family was able to have the dog scanned for a microchip. The owners later were located and reunited with their dog.<\/p>\n
\"I just hope that if this was my dog, somebody would do the same for me,\" Wilcox said. \"I would just be very grateful, happy because I know how rough Lake Michigan can be.\"<\/p>\n
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