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44 Days Out of Kandahar: The Amazing Journey of a Missing Military Puppy and the Desperate Search to Find Her
44 Days Out of Kandahar The Amazing Journey of a Missing Military Puppy and the Desperate Search to Find Her Author:Christine Sullivan Cinnamon was a camp mascot on a US Military Base in Afghanistan. Just a puppy, she had found her way into the hearts of many of the service men and women stationed there. One in particular, LCDR Mark Feffer worried for her future when most of the troops who cared for her were due to rotate out of the region. Who would care for her then? — Getting... more » ready to rotate out himself, Mark decided to adopt her and take her home.
Cinnamon was due to arrive at Chicagos OHare International Airport at 4:30 PM on a Friday afternoon. But when Cinnamon's flight landed in Chicago she wasn't on it. No one knew where she was. The dog handler entrusted to bring her home, had abandoned her in a foreign country, without contacting anyone. Was Cinnamon alone without food and water? Was she injured and in need of medical attention? Or was she lying lifeless on an airport tarmac somewhere? Would anyone ever know what happened to her?
As the story unfolds, you'll relive the amazing true story of a nearly impossible international search and rescue of Cinnamon, from her lonely start when her mother disappeared, to her endearing puppy antics entertaining the troops, to the extraordinary events that strung together and changed her life and the lives of all those who cared for her forever.« less