Prologue

Mike Wise tells Ira about a run he went on one winter night with his dog, years ago along the C&O Canal in DC. It was late. No one was around. And when Mike’s dog accidentally fell through the iced-over canal into the freezing water, Mike suddenly had to navigate the canal himself, to try to save his dog. Mike reads part of a story he wrote about this in the Washington Post. (10 minutes)