After Pugsley the pug helps rescue 4 trapped coalminers out of the mines of West Virginia, Pugsley and Trucker Joe become heroes and get their picture and story in the newspaper, a very sick little girl in a Tennessee Hospital named Danielle reads the story and makes a special wish, she writes a letter and hopes it reaches Trucker Joe and cute little Pugsley to congratulate them both for their wonderful deed.
With the help of a kind nurse named Elaine who hands her husband Truck Driver Chuck Danielle''s letter, away he drives to search for Trucker Joe and Pugsley. Will he find them? Will Trucker Joe and his puppy Pugsley make the journey? Will they get there on time to make a sick little girl''s wish come true? This story is an example of the true meaning of love and the value of life.