He stayed on top of the pile and was barking away.
Their grandmother Donna Johns recounted how the walls came towards her as the house began to slide.
“It was scary, I thought I was all alone,” he told the local news outlet.
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“I thought they went down.
I thought my family had died.
When her screams for her family went unanswered, Donna said she thought the same thing.
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She had no idea that Jamie was also screaming for help at the top of his lungs.
It felt like forever down there,” Jamie recalled to WCNC.
Fortunately Tucker knew exactly where his best friend was, and he was determined to save him.
Tucker was above me and he was barking," Jamie said.
“I heard him whining and barking.
His grandfather Michael said that Tucker refused to move from his spot atop the rubble.
“I didnt realize he had located the boy!
Tucker didnt move until firefighters arrived later and used a chainsaw to dig Jamie out.
“He was trying to tell them where I was.”
Jamie was flown to Atrium Health Cabarrus in Concord for treatment.
He is currently at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Jeff Gordon Children’s Center.
They lost everything in Hurricane Helene, and with their house destroyed, they have nowhere to go.
The hospital was kind enough to let them all stay.
