Article: MY HERO! STEVEN KERR BRAVED THE WAIST-DEEP WATER OF A FREEZING POND TO SAVE TASHI, A 15-YEAR-OLD SHIH TZU.

PHOTO (COLOR) Steven Kerr of Merrillville plays with Tashi, a 15-year-old ShihTzu he resuced early Wednesday morning from the lake at the Hickory Ridge Lake Apartments in Merrillville. Kerr waded out to waist-deep water to retrieve the dog, owned by Mary Lou Styles, which had wandered away from her apartment. (Color)(Jeffrey D. Nicholls)

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- Steven Kerr never hesitated when he saw his neighbor's elderly dog struggling in the frigid lake behind his apartment complex. Kerr, 20, waded into waist-deep water about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday and rescued Mary Lou Styles' shih-tzu, Tashi, who was floundering.

"I wouldn't want my dog to go ...

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