<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A missing </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/dogs" rel="" target="" title="dog"><span>dog</span></a><span> has been rescued from a 13th-storey ledge days after escaping from a balcony at an apartment block on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> Northern Beaches.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Elbie the two-year-old Jack Russell went missing on Saturday after squeezing past pot plants and through a narrow gap on the balcony at the Meriton apartments in Dee Why.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We looked around the entire apartment and looked everywhere, every small, little spot, and there was nothing," friend James Tomac said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-shooting-washington-gunman-what-we-know/083ee979-ca1e-4586-aabe-180308c8048f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Alleged shooter 'appeared to be targeting Trump'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We started thinking the worst possible thing, maybe she fell off the balcony."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After her owners raised the alarm on social media, a neighbour flying his drone spotted Elbie stuck between a railing on the ledge on the other side of the high-rise just after lunchtime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire and Rescue firefighter Joel Spillane was tasked with the challenge of bringing Elbie to safety in front of dozens of anxious onlookers on the ground.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/dee-why-rescuer-scales-sydney-highrise-to-reach-missing-dog-trapped-on-ledge-for-days/1e08e6e6-c464-4746-9f10-3d029d844743" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Spillane scaled the high-rise building using vertical rescue equipment and placed a lead on Elbie and a tarpaulin below the ledge to catch the dog if she fell.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was a little bit stuck, it took me a while to get him out, he was stuck in between the awning up there, but he was calm which helped a lot," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After 20 minutes trying to manoeuvre Elbie from the edge, she was lifted to safety through an apartment window, with crowds erupting into cheers below.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/young-girl-sharon-missing-in-alice-springs/e63b0cbf-2b1c-48e1-9c2f-1e3dd581e5cb" target="_blank"><strong><span>Five-year-old girl missing from Alice Springs in possible abduction</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We got him inside, he's drunk heaps of water, they gave him a shower, and I'm sure he'll be off to the vet, back tomorrow," Spillane said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're not sure how long he was there, they mentioned a day or so but we're not sure."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Elbie was quickly reunited with her owner after spending two days without food or water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was over the moon you know, I didn't know if I was going to see her again so, very happy," owner Jake Dobrin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> 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