Toni Doherty, an Australian grandmother of seven, has become an international hero after she used her own shirt to rescue a koala from a bushfire.
A Raging Horror
Toni Doherty and her husband were driving through a koala sanctuary while a bushfire was raging.
As the couple watched in horror, a screaming, confused koala ran from the middle of the road straight into the fire.
A Brave Rescue
At that moment, Doherty jumped out of the car, pulled off her shirt, dove into the fire and used her shirt to grab the little guy.
Rescue and Reunion
The story of the koala has a happy ending.
Doherty and the injured koala had a sweet reunion at the Koala Hospital. The little survivor, who Doherty named Lewis after one of her grandchildren, joined 14 other koalas who were rescued from the fire.
Koala Love
Doherty said she hoped her overnight fame would bring more awareness to the plight of koalas. “They are vulnerable and losing their habitat,” she said on a morning news show.
She also said, “I’m glad I was wearing a good bra that day.”
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Thank you so very much for saving the baby Koala.. it was so heartbreaking to see him on fire and crying. U MY LADY R MY NEW HERO! U were very brave to entire the fire. But your love overcame fear!! Please show mow vet demos of the koala’s healing. Love 💕 u and again thank u from the bottom of my heart!!
Bless you what a brave and wonderful thing to do x my heart goes out to all the animals , and to the people affected by the fire x may you all recover soon god bless you all. And lovely lady bless you again x
As far as I’m concerned, she’s a hero.
That women is a hero in my eyes for saving the helpless baby. We need more like her.
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Wow, such a selfless act …. She’s a true hero … God bless her. Poor Koala and all the other Koalas who suffered because of the fire. I’m very sad for all the animals who’ve died and those living who’ve lost their habitats due to fire and deforestation throughout the world. Very, very sad. I hope there will be less of these loss of animals’ natural habitats which also contribute to some animal extinctions due to those causes.
We surely thank God for the sweet lady that saved the Koala bear! The help this baby recieved to get out of pain etc. There are angels on this old earth.💖 Poor little animals that didn’t make it. Thank you mam, your truly the very best!