--- title: Santa Monica Firefighter Brings Dog Back to Life With CPR description: A lifeless dog that was pulled out of an apartment fire in California was brought back to life after a firefighter performed mouth-to-mouth. canonical: https://time.com/4712367/santa-monica-firefighter-dog-cpr/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T15:22:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:52.750Z og:title: A Firefighter Brought a Dog Back to Life With CPR og:description: "Faith in humanity restored" og:url: https://time.com/4712367/santa-monica-firefighter-dog-cpr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1dde9d85cb8bbd7/6988bfc10a4a22aa459cd676/firefighter-dog1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: firefighter-dog og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Firefighter Brought a Dog Back to Life With CPR twitter:description: "Faith in humanity restored" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1dde9d85cb8bbd7/6988bfc10a4a22aa459cd676/firefighter-dog1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Faith in Humanity Restored.' A Firefighter Brought a Dog Back to Life With CPR ## Video: How Dogs Help Veterans Cope With Post-Traumatic Stress [Watch (HLS stream): How Dogs Help Veterans Cope With Post-Traumatic Stress](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8gW0ZGsw.m3u8) (5:11)  _Published 2010-11-11. Struggling with post-traumatic stress, veteran David Sharpe says he found a dog at a shelter that saved his life. Now, with a group called P2V, he pairs other vets with rescued pets._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 24, 2017 3:22 PM UTC  A Santa Monica firefighter resuscitated a dog after performing CPR on it following an apartment fire. A Santa Monica firefighter resuscitated a dog after performing CPR on it following an apartment fire.Photo courtesy Billy Fernando / via Santa Monica Fire Department  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 24, 2017 3:22 PM UTC A lifeless dog that was pulled out of an apartment fire in California was [brought back to life](http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article140395078.html) after a firefighter performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on it earlier this week. Santa Monica firefighter Andrew Klein’s life-saving efforts were captured in photographs and videos Tuesday and have been getting attention from across the country. The small dog, named Nalu, was not breathing and didn’t have a pulse when firefighters pulled him out of his blazing apartment, the Santa Monica Fire Department said in [statement](https://santamonicafire.org/Content.aspx?id=53687097438). The animal was “overcome by heat and smoke,” fire officials said. Klein performed CPR on the dog and gave him oxygen through an oxygen mask designed for pets, the department said. Video footage shows Klein and other first responders lightly petting him and coaxing him to wake up until the animal begins to stir. Nalu began breathing on his own and regained consciousness about 20 minutes after being receiving CPR, fire officials said. “It was pretty amazing because I’ve been on a number of animal rescues like this that did not come out the same way that Nalu’s story did,” Klein told [KTLA 5](http://ktla.com/2017/03/23/santa-monica-firefighters-resuscitate-small-dog-that-was-unconscious-for-20-minutes-after-apartment-fire/). “It was definitely a win for the whole team and the department that we got him back.” Billy Fernando, the photographer who snapped images of the resuscitation, [shared the photos on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/billy.fernando/posts/10212477800966643) and praised the firefighter for bringing the dog “back to life.” “Faith in humanity restored,” Fernando wrote. 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