On Thursday, January 31st, Lotus, a seven-year-old pit bull, was frightened by the thunder and lightning storm that raged through the area, and for the first time in her life, she escaped her home. As soon as her family saw she was missing, they immediately started the search for her, and while there had been possible sitings around town, her owners could not track her down.

Then yesterday a miracle happened. Diana and her little Shih Tzu, Rocky, were walking along Santa Ana Boulevard when Rocky ran up to a chain link fence and started whining. Rocky refused to go any further and continued to whine with urgency at the fence. Diana sensed something was wrong and decided to investigate. It didn't take long before she spotted Lotus laying down in a ball by the overflowing river. With the help of another passerby, a kind woman named Catherine, the two of them got Lotus through an opening in the fence to safety.