Name: Anonymous 2008-06-16 1:28
"It happened so fast," he told the New York Daily News.
"It spun me around, and as it spun me around, I caught a last glimpse of him.
"I was devastated. I was completely dumbfounded and shocked. I mean, I just witnessed my dog sucked off by a street sweeper."
He said he had chased the truck for about two and a half blocks, shouting for the operator to stop.
The driver eventually came but refused to turn off the whirring brushes that had sucked Ginger until he arrived, the paper adds.
The Department of Sanitation offered its condolences to Mr Machin and his family but added: "It is important for all New Yorkers to remember to maintain the safety of their animals while walking city streets."
"It spun me around, and as it spun me around, I caught a last glimpse of him.
"I was devastated. I was completely dumbfounded and shocked. I mean, I just witnessed my dog sucked off by a street sweeper."
He said he had chased the truck for about two and a half blocks, shouting for the operator to stop.
The driver eventually came but refused to turn off the whirring brushes that had sucked Ginger until he arrived, the paper adds.
The Department of Sanitation offered its condolences to Mr Machin and his family but added: "It is important for all New Yorkers to remember to maintain the safety of their animals while walking city streets."