Brave Pit Bull Puppy Saves Teenage Girl From Attempted Rape

A 5-month-old pit bull puppy named Apollo is declared a hero, after saving his owner’s girlfriend from an attempted rape.

According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Maya Fairweather was visiting her boyfriend at his apartment in the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday night. Around 10 p.m., the teen decided to take her boyfriend’s puppy for a walk.

Once she reached a nearby park, Fairweather let the dog off his leash so he could run around on the grass, while she watched on listening to music through her headphones.

“I felt someone pull my headphones,” she told NY Post. “I thought it was my boyfriend grabbing me, so I turned around and smiled — but it wasn’t my boyfriend.”

Instead it was an unfamiliar man, who started attacking Fairweather, pushing her to the ground and tearing at her pants. After struggling with the attacker for few moments, thats when Apollo came to the rescue and started to attack the attacker. Apollo had latched on to his leg.

Once the attacker let go of her, she ran across the street, Apollo eventually let go of the attacker and ran over to her.

Fair-weather had never though of Apollo as an attack dog before this incident, saying quote “He is a sweet dog. I never thought he would bite anyone. He never bit anyone before. He’s usually very friendly and just jumps on everyone,” she said.