so why the dog? well done, well done. reporter: more importantly, why give the dog a medal? well, here then the beginning. dozer the goldendoodle in 2008. when his new human went to take him home that would have been roseanna there with the stick all his puppy brothers and sisters had already left. he was the dog nobody wanted. reporter: which made dozer kind of an underdog. but thenfast forward three years. the sunday morning of the maryland half marathon. 2,000 runners, 13-plus miles, pounding down the road for cancer research. when they passed dozer s house he somehowlipped past the virtual fence meant to keep him inside and joined the runners. caught up in the current there he was. still later, there. out of place but keeping up, without gatorade or power bars. as people snapped his picture all along the route. up ahead, this was it. and somebody actually videotaped
marathon. he kept pace the entire time. even crossing the finish line. and the story gets better. a facebook page was quickly set up in his name to raise money for cancer. donations poured in. and dozer has raised more than $17,000 and one more treat, in two hours, dozer and his owner here live on fox & friends. get out the alpo! take a look ahead at the day weatherwise. we have widely scattered showers across the central plains. it s been hot there. currently eating up portions of kansas up through iowa as well. also some activity down along the gulf coast. let s take a look at the tropical satellite and you can see it coming. that s tropical storm don! heading for the texas coast. and they really could use the rain. when exactly will it make landfall? well it looks like probably by tonight into tomorrow around 2:00 in the morning, this
the moment. at what to the runners nearby was 2:14. so he was already famous by the time he wandered back home next morning, to the relief of an obviously worried roseanna. the medal was from the greenbound cancer center at university of maryland. dozer s story was bringing in contributions. with his facebook page and clolo to 2,500 fans he s raised $17,000, surpassing any of the human runners. you know what that makes dozer the goldendoodle, one-time underdog? it makes him poster dog. and puts him a lot closer to the front of the pack. john donvan, abc news, washington. that is one cute dog. and you know it s big when he has his own facebook page too. oh, yeah. how many likes on that one? a lot. i ll bet. you re in good shape, are you a runner? by any chance? i wish. i don t ru you run at all? we found a little picture. of you coming in on your way to work. maybe that would work. just show pictures of myself running and somehow that will get me healthy.
lengthy standoff, but suddenly a single gunshot. we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range began arriving. unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was. and determined at that point that mr. heemeyer her died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sheriff s deputies later find his writings which lay out his
single gunshot. we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range gina, riving. unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was. and determine at that point that mr. heemeyer her died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sheriff s deputies later find his writings which lay out his grievances with the town and his reasons for the rampage. no residents are injured, but