Several animal rescue groups, plus an LA neighborhood, collaborated to save Biggie, a German Shepherd who was trapped withoug any way out.

See how the rescuer gained his confidence and ultimately got him safely out.

From TxDOT:

Texans wear their belt buckles with a certain Lone Star pride, but it’s the buckles in their vehicles that could save their lives. More functional than fashionable, life-saving seat belts first debuted 45 years ago when Lyndon B. Johnson’s National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act and The Highway Safety Act went into effect mandating that all automobiles have seat belts as a standard feature.

To honor President Johnson’s pioneering dedication to safety, the Texas Department of Transportation launched its 12th annual Click It or Ticket campaign this month at the LBJ Library in Austin with a car show demonstrating the progression of seat belts through the ages.

TxDOT, along with the Department of Public Safety, Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the Tyler Police Department, is scheduled to host a campaign kickoff event at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the T.B. Butler Fountain Plaza in downtown Tyler.

The University of Texas at Tyler alumna Cristi Parsons was named Texas’ Distinguished Principal of the Year, Dr. Ross Sherman, College of Education and Psychology dean, announced.

Parsons was nominated for the honor by the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association and received an award in the amount of $10,000. She will represent Texas at the National Distinguished Principals Program this fall in Washington D.C.

She graduated from UT Tyler in May 2007 with a master of education degree in educational administration.

Parsons has served Hallsville Independent School District as its North Elementary School principal for six years. She currently is enrolled in UT Tyler’s superintendent certification program.

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