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Rescuers find Mother Cat and litter of 3 Kittens ALIVE In WTC Basement!
News 9 ^
| Ocotber 19, 2001
| Jeannie Piper
Posted on 10/19/2001 8:26:37 AM PDT by umbra
While the chance of finding any survivors in the World Trade Center rubble vanished long ago there is a survivor story.
A cat apparently trapped under the debris has been found alive, with a new litter of three kittens.
Rescuers found the cats curled up in a carton of napkins.
They were in a basement of what used to be a restaurant at the World Trade Center.Rescue workers rushed mom and the kittens to a vet.
Mom was dehydrated, however vets say all of the cats will be just fine.
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We will not yield, we shall not fail- Good news for a TGIF!
That basement is 6 stories deep, concrete and there was lots of food down there...
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:26:38 AM PDT
by
umbra
To: umbra
I'm amazed. Cats are great. Remember Scarlett, the cat who saved her kittens from fire and got badly burned in the process? Fearless.
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:28:44 AM PDT
by
BikerNYC
To: umbra
You know, I'm not to fond of cats b/c they make me sneeze; but this is a nice story.
To: umbra
YAY! Kitty heroes!
To: BikerNYC
Well I guess those cats are down to 7 lives(WTC collapse, and Chinese restaurant menu, Meow Goo Gaipan, or is that General Tsao's Kitten?).
To: umbra
I predict that they will soon be celebrities. The White House should adopt the whole lot.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Im wondering just what might be down there in that basement, there have been records of people trapped 30+ days in earthquakes and coming out alive.
Considering that the subway is down there 6-7 stories deep, ample food from the deserted food court restaurants and the cats obvously prove there is oxygen.
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:33:13 AM PDT
by
umbra
To: tacticalogic
They could easily auction off the cats as a fundraiser.
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:35:29 AM PDT
by
okie_tech
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Wonderful news!!! Any pictures of the kittys yet?
To: umbra
This brings me such joy! Meow!
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:37:01 AM PDT
by
Lizzy W
To: umbra
I would not be surprised if they find a small pocket of survivors down there. There must be at least some areas in the basement that were survivable.
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
Critter
To: umbra
What a blessing for anything alive to come out of such destruction!
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:37:16 AM PDT
by
Mahone
To: billbears
The pictures are all on the link now, both the mommy and the baby kitties...
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posted on
10/19/2001 8:37:37 AM PDT
by
umbra
To: okie_tech
They could easily auction off the cats as a fundraiser.You can't own a cat. They own you.
To: tacticalogic
The White House should adopt the whole lot. Pres. Bush rescued an orange cat from a tree outside the governor's mansion in Texas and adopted it. It had 6 toes, was a mean little bastard (my kind of cat), loved the ranch at Crawford, but got shipped off to California because he "couldn't adjust" to the Whitehouse. I can just picture his little face, watching the Larry King Show, non-plussed that night that the First Lady was on and introduced their new dog. As I understand it, Pres. Bush was pretty brokenhearted over having to get rid of this cat. Maybe he would welcome these new ones...
To: umbra
Survivors from a CAT-astrophe!
Sorry, couldn't resist! ;-)
To: umbra
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10/19/2001 8:39:31 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
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To: umbra
Wonderful! Cats rule!
From the human owned by Stimpy, Elvis and Priscilla.
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