WATCH: Last Living 9/11 Rescue Dog Treated to Dream Birthday in NYC

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The last (known) living dog who rooted through the World Trade Center wreckage, sniffing out survivors, in the dark weeks following Sept. 11, 2001, recently turned 16 years old.

For her Sweet Sixteen, the dog news site BarkPost.com decided to treat her to one of their “Dog’s Best Day” birthday trips — in her case, to New York City.

Bretagne, pronounced ”Brittany,” served with handler Denise Corliss on the Texas Task Force 1 deployment to Ground Zero.

“Responding to the World Trade Center was our first deployment,” Corliss told BarkPost. ”We were there to try to find survivors, and when our task force arrived in Ground Zero, I just couldn’t believe the magnitude of it. And then I looked down to her, and she seemed stoic and ready to work.”

The pair’s dream trip to NYC included:

• A private suite and a room-service burger at 1 Hotel Central Park.

• A ride in a vintage taxi to Times Square, where Bretagne got her own billboard.

• A visit to Hudson River Park, where Bretagne got to roll around in a fountain and meet a member of the board of Friends of Hudson River Park, who presented her with “the bone to the dog park” (in the form of a Tiffany’s trinket.)

• A huge birthday bash back at the hotel, where Bretagne was forced into a party hat but compensated with a mountain of toys.
  

• A $1,000 check, in her honor, for Texas Task Force 1. Also, a special cobblestone in the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero.
  

• Hella pets from grateful New Yorkers.
  

“To celebrate her birthday and thank her for her incredible service, we decided to give this New York hero the best day of her life!” BarkPost said.

Of Bretagne’s time in the field, her owner said: “When we deployed to some of the disasters, what I didn’t anticipate is the role that they take on as a therapy dog. It provides an opportunity for people to have support comfort from the dog and support from the dog in a real difficult environment.”

“I was just so grateful to have a canine partner that helped me get through it,” Corliss said. “She represents the working dogs and the disaster dogs in particular — and they all are deserving of a day like today.”