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Pets meet with the owners after the Murphy Canyon Jet -Crash

San Diego (KGTV) – Emotional reunits take place in the San Diego Humane Society, since the pets that are separated from their owners during the terrible jet crash on Thursday in Murphy Canyon will finally go home.

As the 12-year-old Alaskan Klee Kai, Weiko was one of many dogs who survived the crash.

On Friday, just a day later, she was among those who were reunited with her owner Christopher Juel.

“I am only overjoyed that I actually touch her again and that she is with me here,” said Juel.

Juel described how the evacuation on Thursday morning happened so quickly that Weiko was involved in chaos.

“The whole fire and all the chaos and the explosions and our car throw down and try to get the rest of our babies out,” said Juel.

The last time when Juel saw, Weiko was in his back yard and he didn't know if she had survived until his wife received an unexpected message.

“My wife gets a message that someone saw Wkoko in the news,” said Juel.

Similar reunices were recorded by the San Diego Humane Society on video when other dogs returned to their families more than a day after the traumatizing crash.

By Friday, the San Diego Humane Society still had around 32 pets from the Crash Site Murphy Canyon in an emergency boarding, all from its owners.

“We took dogs with us, a cat, we recorded a 20-gallon fishing tank with several fish and five geckos,” said Nina Murphy, director of public relations at the San Diego Humane Society.

Thompason said that many of the dogs were poured with Jet fuel on Thursday.

“Our medical team immediately gave them decontamination baths. After decompressing a few hours and a few walks, they seem to do it much better,” said Thompson.

Thompson said her team was trained and ready to cope with the situation on Thursday.

“Such a tragedy really shows the most important role that the San Diego Humane Society plays in our community. We are here every time there is a disaster,” said Thompson. “They train to go behind Fire Lines or to react to such disasters, and yesterday was exactly the perfect example of how we can be there in addition to the first aiders to help because it is not only affected, but also animals.”

Thompson said the SDHS currently has almost 1800 animals in its care, with around 700 being ready for adoption. She said that now was the time to help either donations, adoptions or promotion of pets.

Thompson said her officials helped many families to unite with their pets on Thursday, but not every animal ended with human society. Therefore, some owners are still looking for their pets.

“If you miss your pet, we want you to contact us so that we know that you will be missing,” said Thompson.

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