Three Kids Wandered into the Colorado Backcountry. Meet Archie, the Very Good Dog Who Found Them.
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A two-year-old yellow Labrador named Archie, trained in scent detection, located three missing children (two six-year-olds and one nine-year-old) 1.5 miles from their campsite near Buena Vista, Colorado, within five hours of their disappearance on September 26, during a search coordinated by Chaffee County Sheriff's Office.
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