Dog crushed by 100 ft. falling pine

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Several families will be dealing with storm cleanup over the next few days, but one family in Newport News is facing an additional tragedy.

A huge tree came crashing down on the Masters' family dog "Rocky."

The tree crushed the miniature daschund and killed him.

"This is Sammie," said John Masters, as Sammie let out a low growl, "Rocky's sister."

One year old Sammie seems to know what happened to her twin brother, "Rocky."

A gust of wind, the explosive snap of a huge tree and Rocky was dead.

"She knows he's gone. She's looking for him. They've never spent a minute apart. They sleep together, sit on the couch together. She's looking for him," said Masters.

A 100 foot pine tree came crashing down on Rocky as he sat in the backyard with Sammie and a third family dog Wednesday morning in their Beverly Hills neighborhood of Newport News.

It was bright and sunny, then suddenly Masters' wife heard it.

"And she said it sounded like a freight train and out of nowhere a huge snap."

Then, she found Rocky, underneath a huge, heavy limb. He was not breathing, and obviously dead. The other two dogs, still missing.

"My wife was hysterical, screaming wanting to find the dogs."

Suddenly, Sammie showed up, in the arms of a construction worker who was on a job across the street.

"She got to the neighbor's house and was covered in bark and mud."

While, Sammie and the family's third dog were both ok, the Masters' knew they would have to break the news to their 15 year old son that his Rocky had been killed, and they knew that would break his heart.

Their son, still has the family's other two dogs though. They are both safe and sound at home.