A Hero Saves the Day 4 A Nose That Knows 6 On the Job 10 Trained to Sniff 12 A Team Effort 16 Layka A Special Forces Hero 20 Glossary 22 To Learn More 23 Index 24
4 Passengers hurry to catch their flights at a busy New York City airport They do not realize that their lives are in danger Someone has made a bomb threat over the telephone The caller threatened to detonate bombs that would blow up several airplanes Police quickly bring Brandy a specially trained German Shepherd onto an airplane The dog uses her sensitive nose to sniff for explosives She sniffs a black briefcase in the cockpit and sits down next to it This is the signal Brandy has smelled a bomb A team of bomb technicians rushes to the plane They find enough explosives inside the briefcase to destroy the plane They disarm the bomb minutes before it is set to explode The brave German Shepherd saved many lives that day
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
See these super smellers in action in this fascinating book for growing readers.
