“I still can’t believe it,” said Shay Taylor-Allen, who landed a residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she was born and spent most of her adult life on the cleaning staff.
George Strausman said his sudden stardom has been a shock, and he doesn’t quite understand why millions of people are interested in watching him shape clay.
“The humane thing to do is not use an exterminator and save these little animals that are happy and want to live,” animal rescuer Frankie Floridia said.
The winner, Mo Bamba, ran on a campaign of installing fire hydrants at every house and giving government contracts to anyone who would play fetch with him.
“If they didn’t go in, he would not have survived,” homeowner Carrie Fedele said about the off-duty firefighter and another man who saved her dog Benny.