Life Stories: Dino Cerutti

Most of the dogs in an Upper East Side neighborhood know and love Dino Cerutti, who has been giving treats to them and also feeding the sparrows for about 30 years. The 94-year-old World War II veteran said that making the animals happy makes him happy. Dino enlisted in the military when he was 18 and was stationed in the South Pacific. Dino said his squadron was preparing to invade Japan when the U.S. government dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.