ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, December 12, 1995 TAG: 9512120051
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y.
The Internet is making a Christmas wish come true for a Blacksburg man.
Eric Greenberg, 20, who has Down syndrome, will soon be moving into his own apartment and wanted a Samoyed dog similar to the one he had as a boy to share it with him.
Eric's father, William, spotted an ad for a Samoyed while scanning the Internet.
The ad was placed by Brian Fiorio, a dog warden in Putnam Valley, N.Y., who recently took in a 4-year-old Samoyed. Samoyeds originated in Siberia as sled dogs and have a coat of long, white hair.
The dog, whose name is Jake, was scheduled to be flown to Roanoke on Monday evening - in plenty of time for Christmas.
- Associated Press
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