Rescue dog diagnosed with cancer

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rescue dog that worked the streets of iraq-- minute thumbnail 05:13 pm and even helped find people at the pentagon after 9- 11 -- is now battling cancer. joe bartels sat down with the dog's owner in roswell today. he's live to tell us about the challenge they're now facing. joe? sage the border collie has answered the call of duty countless times-- serving our country in some its darkest hours. sage is now battling cancer and her owner says she needs help saving sage's life. you couldn't tell by looking at her-- but 10-year-old sage has done some incredible things. "she was always from the beginning, so willing to do anything. her job was to be a disaster dog." after 9-11, sage helped rescuers pull bodies from underneath the rubble at the pentagon. for her service, sage is able to participate in health screening each year as part of a 9-11 k-9 study. this year-- doctors found something. "the radiologist found a tumor down deep between her lungs and that's how we found out. i guess you minute thumbnail 05:14 pm could say, 9-11 saved her life." diane whetsel and her dog have been on countless missions-- even helping to find missing soldier in iraq. "she would come in after foot patrol and everyone would be tired, but this little dog could bring a smile to any soldiers face, and with a frisbee, you had a friend." now, whetsel doesn't know how she is going to pay for sage's surgery. her job is in jeopardy because of the possible closing of the roswell correctional facility. she is asking for help to save her friend and american hero. "i could never imagine life without her. i know some day i'll lose her. but i'm not ready now." sage's treatment could be as much as $6,000. friends have set up an account at pioneer bank in roswell for anyone who can to help with expenses. reporting in roswell, joe bartels eye witness news four  « Less