Amazon driver Stephanie Lontz is being hailed on the internet after a video of her putting herself in front and facing a rampaging bit bull in order to save a customer’s daughter went viral.
In the video, Stephanie Lontz faces the aggressive pitbull and prevents it from attacking the customer’s daughter while she was in their home to deliver a product.
Stephanie Lontz had been making holiday dropoffs around suburban Las Vegas when she saw 19-year-old Lauren Ray screaming as she was coming under attack from the animal who was biting her own dog. Lauren was outside her home with her own pet which had antagonized the pit bull.
Without thinking, Lontz who was making her rounds, stepped in between the dog and the teenager, giving her a chance to escape back inside with her own pet.
Dramatic doorcam footage sees Lontz stepping in between the dog while Lauren picks up her own pet in her arms before shooing the pit bull away in the porchway of her home. ‘Bad dog!’ Lontz could be heard yelling at the animal.
On Friday, Lauren’s father, Michael, made a point of thanking Lontz for her courage in the heat of the moment. ‘The screams made me think of my own child. I would only hope someone would jump in and help her if she was in a similar situation,’ shared Lontz. ‘I wouldn’t even think its motherly, it’s just- it’s the human thing to do.’
Thankfully it looked like the Pit just wanted to play. Often times bigger dogs just don’t understand their own strength. If it were a pit that truly wanted to attack it wouldn’t have turned out well for either woman. Where was its owner? Please keep your dogs on a leash so things like this don’t happen.
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