For five agonizing days, the sound of cries echoed from a manhole near Breza, close to Sarajevo. Beneath the heavy cover lay Ollie, a severely injured dog, abandoned and ignored by passersby. His body was frail, his voice hoarse from crying for help. Each passing moment only deepened his suffering. Struck by a car and left for dead, Ollie had no strength to move, his hind legs paralyzed and his spirit hanging by a thread.

Day after day, no one stopped to help. People came and went, their lives busy and their hearts seemingly closed to the heartbreaking pleas of a helpless creature. Ollie's cries grew weaker as dehydration and pain took their toll. Alone in the cold, wet darkness of the manhole, he clung to life against all odds.