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VIDEO: Owner reunites with dog 5 years after he goes missing amid hurricane

A dog, Kingston, who went missing after Hurricane Laura, was found hundreds of miles from home and reunited with his owner thanks to a house full of frat brothers.

VIDEO: Owner reunites with dog 5 years after he goes missing amid hurricane

A dog, Kingston, who went missing after Hurricane Laura, was found hundreds of miles from home and reunited with his owner thanks to a house full of frat brothers.

*** reunion of *** lifetime. Debbie Lefleur is reunited with her Yorkie Kingston that has been missing for five years. Never. I never thought I would see him again. Kingston went missing from Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2020 after Hurricane Laura. Now he shows up 300 miles away from home on the back porch of the Southern Miss Kapasick House, and I walk outside and there's just this Yorkie's just sitting there in *** red t-shirt. Kapasig president Neil Rich. And his fraternity brothers took him in and started calling him Benji. The next day our vice president went and got his chip checked, and that's when we found out that his name was actually Kingston, not Benji, and he had been missing for 5 years, which is kind of crazy. But before I could call him, he called me. I just started pounded and I told my boss I was like. I found Kingston. I found Kingston and we both just started yelling and sing. LaFleur and her son made the 4 hour trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to bring Kingston back to Louisiana. I'm talking about as soon as she got out the car and he saw her, we've never seen Benji run like that, and he's spread it with his ears perked up and it was just it was awesome to see, she says. The only thing that could have made this moment better is if her husband Joe got to be there too. They were best friends. They were like two peas in *** pot. The only down part is that my husband is gone now, but he's probably made this all happen for us. Now Kingston is leaving Hattiesburg an honorary fraternity brother. He's like *** member of the chapter right now. He's done everything with us for the past week and through our eyes, at least he's the Kappa. LaFleur says she'll always be grateful for the members of Kappa Sig, wonderful, wonderful guys. I mean, everybody that wouldn't have done that, you know. Taking the time out to find. Find, you know who the owner was. Yeah, he's so beautiful, so happy to have my baby back. Southern man.
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VIDEO: Owner reunites with dog 5 years after he goes missing amid hurricane

A dog, Kingston, who went missing after Hurricane Laura, was found hundreds of miles from home and reunited with his owner thanks to a house full of frat brothers.

A dog that went missing after a hurricane and stayed missing for five years has been reunited with its owner, Debbie Lafleur, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Lafleur's Yorkie, Kingston, disappeared from Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2020 after Hurricane Laura. Unexpectedly, Kingston was found recently 鈥� 300 miles away at the University of Southern Mississippi's Kappa Sigma fraternity house."I walk outside, and there's just this Yorkie sitting there in a red T-shirt," Neal Rachal, president of the fraternity, told WDAM.Rachal and his fraternity brothers initially named the dog Benji."The next day, our vice president went and got his chip checked, and that's when we found out that his name was actually Kingston, not Benji," Rachal said, adding that scanning the dog's microchip revealed to the fraternity brothers that their new furry friend had been missing for half of a decade.When Lafleur received the call about Kingston, she was overwhelmed with emotion."My heart just started pounding, and I told my boss, 'I found Kingston, I found Kingston,' and we both just started yelling and screaming," she said.Lafleur and her son hit the road, making a four-hour trip to Hattiesburg to bring Kingston back home."As soon as she got out the car and he saw her, we've never seen Benji run like that. And he sprinted with his ears perked up. It was just awesome to see," Rachal said.Lafleur expressed her gratitude to the fraternity members for their kindness. See more of the story in the video player above.

A dog that went missing after a hurricane and stayed missing for five years has been reunited with its owner, Debbie Lafleur, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Lafleur's Yorkie, Kingston, disappeared from Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2020 after Hurricane Laura. Unexpectedly, Kingston was found recently 鈥� 300 miles away at the University of Southern Mississippi's Kappa Sigma fraternity house.

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"I walk outside, and there's just this Yorkie sitting there in a red T-shirt," Neal Rachal, president of the fraternity, told .

Rachal and his fraternity brothers initially named the dog Benji.

"The next day, our vice president went and got his chip checked, and that's when we found out that his name was actually Kingston, not Benji," Rachal said, adding that scanning the dog's microchip revealed to the fraternity brothers that their new furry friend had been missing for half of a decade.

When Lafleur received the call about Kingston, she was overwhelmed with emotion.

"My heart just started pounding, and I told my boss, 'I found Kingston, I found Kingston,' and we both just started yelling and screaming," she said.

Lafleur and her son hit the road, making a four-hour trip to Hattiesburg to bring Kingston back home.

"As soon as she got out the car and he saw her, we've never seen Benji run like that. And he sprinted with his ears perked up. It was just awesome to see," Rachal said.

Lafleur expressed her gratitude to the fraternity members for their kindness.

See more of the story in the video player above.