William Stoll Jr. said his son, Hayden, is undergoing surgery at the Children's Hospital after he was pinned to the ground on their front lawn on Madison Avenue in Herminie by an unknown blue pit bull. Stoll said the dog's jaws were clamped over the sides of the boy's face.
"My 10-year-old daughter, she comes running in and says, 'There's a dog killing Hayden,'" Stoll said. "It has been the worst day of my life.
Stoll said he and his father, William Stoll Sr., fought off the dog.
"I'm broke up. I mean, I'm just worried about him," said William Stoll Sr.
"I was a nervous wreck and scared to death for my kid," said the boy's mother, Jennifer Stoll.
"I tried to stick my hands in (the dog's) jaw, tried to pull them apart. I couldn't do it. I couldn't pull them apart," William Stoll Jr. said. "I picked a rock up and hit the dog to get it off him."
After several shots with the rock, William Stoll Jr. said the pit bull finally released its bite and knocked over Hayden's grandfather, who suffered a bloody nose.
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William Stoll Jr. said his son has a large laceration from his right ear to his jaw and puncture wounds on the left side of his face. The boy also suffered possible nerve damage, which means he may lose feeling in his face, the boy's father said.
"A dog that powerful, I was powerless against it. That's what kills me, that I couldn't do anything," William Stoll Jr. said. "All we want to know is whose dog that is. We can find the owner, and go from there."
(WTAE - November 18, 2011)
