Stranded cat gets hosed out of tree by firefighters in Yonkers, N.Y.
Stranded cat gets hosed out of tree by firefighters in Yonkers, N.Y.
Published: Monday, September 17, 2007 | 4:07 PM ET
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(This kitten is a CALICO? Oh, well, happy ending... :) )
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A cat stuck in a tree for a week has been blasted to safety with a high-pressure fire hose.
Volunteers with an outstretched sheet made the save as the cat, soaked and hungry but unharmed, was hosed out of the tree by Yonkers firefighters on Sunday night.
"Everyone was cheering," said artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs, who was among about 50 people assembled beneath the willow tree.
For days, the fearful feline had clung to branches several storeys high, ignoring humans who banged cans of cat food and climbed ladders that barely reached its perch.
It took two shots with the hose to do the trick.
"As soon as the cat landed it jumped out and ran into the woods," Speirs said Monday.
"Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a man said he would adopt the cat right on the spot," said Speirs. "You can't come up with a nicer ending than that."
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Yonkers neighborhood cheers as stranded kitty is shot out of tree with a fire hose
By ROB RYSER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 17, 2007)
YONKERS - The spooked cat that was stuck 60-feet high in a willow for a week was at last blasted out of the tree last night by a high pressure water hose and landed - soaked but perfectly safe - into an outstretched sheet.
"It was so exciting," says Yonkers artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs, who was among the crowd of 50 people assembled at the foot of the tree on Rockledge Place. "Everyone was cheering."
Before the cat came down, a crew from the Yonkers Fire Fepartment took a shot into the tree with the water hose and missed the furry target.
The volunteers watched where the water fell on the other side of the tree and adjusted the location of the outstretched sheet, Speirs said.
Good thing, because the next shot knocked the orange and white kitty clear out of the tree and perfectly into the safety blanket.
"As soon as the cat landed it jumped out and ran into the woods," said Speirs this morning, still animated about the dramatic dinner-time rescue. "Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a man said he would adopt the cat right on the spot."
The cat seemed to be more hungry than anything else, chomping handful after handful of cat food, Speirs said.
"You can't come up with a nicer ending than that," he said.
Read more about this story tomorrow in The Journal News and on LoHud.com.
