Dog saves three people from fire, but perishes himself

"BERLIN - A Belgian shepherd dog saved the lives of three people from a burning building by waking them up with loud barks but perished in the flames, apparently because he was afraid to jump out of the window, police said on Wednesday... "

"...The whole top floor apartment was on fire when they jumped out of the window, but the dog unfortunately didn't make it out and was burned to death," he said. "There was so much commotion that the people didn't realize the dog didn't jump with them. They kept shouting his name but he never made it out."

So in other words, the dog is a big pussy and was barking because it was scared out of its mind. The barking happened to wake up people who ran out and were thus saved from a horrible death.

A few things on this:

The dog was scared, not being heroic...

Why didn't anybody take the dog out with them? You obviously heard him barking...

The person who wrote up this story didn't think it sounded moronic to call the dog a hero and in the very same sentence point out that the dog died because it was was scared...

The article headline refers to the dog as "himself". A dog is an "it", not a "he" or "she"...

I mean seriously people, did you really think the dog was barking to warn you and that it would find its own way out? Are you outta your frikkin mind? Pick up the damned dog and run!

Finally - It's a stupid freaking dog who barked because his fur was lit on fire. Why is this news? I bet you some people in the building awoke screaming and probably woke other people up with their screams of fear - are they heroes? or just victims of a tragedy?