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Firefighters Revive Cats After Blaze
NBC 4 DC ^ | Sept 05, 2007 | Not specified

Posted on 09/05/2007 8:15:19 PM PDT by RDTF

WASHINGTON -- Two Siamese cats have D.C. firefighters to thank for saving one of their nine lives.

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They quickly knocked out the blaze, but firefighters found two Siamese cats in the basement -- one unconscious and struggling to breath and the other semi-conscious, fire officials said.

Rescuers gave oxygen to 3-year-old Nyla and 2-year-old Joe, who were both fully revived within 30 minutes and returned to their grateful owners, fire officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc4.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dc; firefighters; heroes; petrescue
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To: RDTF

Yay! Thanks for posting! This was uplifting after the last story!! :)


21 posted on 09/06/2007 9:25:04 AM PDT by Kaylee Frye
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To: RDTF

I didn’t stay an EMT long enough. Nobody ever told me where they kept the little kitty oxygen masks.


22 posted on 09/06/2007 9:33:08 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
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To: Daffynition

LOL LOL

Good one, Daffy!!! That’d make a great T-shirt! Esp. for a firefighter!


23 posted on 09/06/2007 9:56:47 AM PDT by DancesWithCats
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To: RDTF

Sweet story! And one that has special meaning to the writer of this missive who is currently being snuggled up to by two very loving Siamese buddies.

Kudos to those brave and kind firefighters!


24 posted on 09/06/2007 10:05:53 AM PDT by Rightfootforward
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


25 posted on 09/06/2007 12:26:09 PM PDT by windcliff
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