Dog credited for saving burning church

SOMERS, Westchester County (WABC) — Man’s best friend is being hailed as a church’s guardian angel in Westchester County.

Bear, a 4-year-old German Shepard, woke its owner early Sunday morning.

“It was a very alarming bark, it almost sounded like a siren,” Kim Lewis said. “And I opened the blinds and I saw the church on fire.”
Lewis, a longtime parishioner of the Yorktown Assembly of God in Somers across the street, called 911. Firefighters from several departments responded.

“Bear caught it quick and