HAPPY ENDING Kitten Rescue: 5 Firefighters, 2 Trucks, 250 Gallons Of Water

2-Pound Animal Saved From Storm Sewer Drain After 90 Minutes

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several
animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water to rescue a 2-pound kitten.

Animal control officers tried coaxing the gray tabby out of a storm sewer
drain with encouraging words and food Monday before giving up after about an
hour and a half.

Firefighters tried banging tools on one end of the pipe and flashing lights
Monday night in hopes of driving him out the other end -- but that didn't
work either.

It wasn't until firefighters flushed about 250 gallons of water through the
10- to 12-inch pipe -- enough to wet the kitten's paws -- and the feline
rushed into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers, who was standing inside a
manhole.

"We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday. "Everybody was
pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

After a very frightening day and night, the kitten seemed more relaxed and
was warming up to humans, said Dan Hendrickson with the Humane Society of
Parkersburg.

On 21 Jun, 01:37, "Matthew" wrote:
2-Pound Animal Saved From Storm Sewer Drain After 90 Minutes

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several
animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water to rescue a 2-pound kitten.

Animal control officers tried coaxing the gray tabby out of a storm sewer
drain with encouraging words and food Monday before giving up after about an
hour and a half.

Firefighters tried banging tools on one end of the pipe and flashing lights
Monday night in hopes of driving him out the other end -- but that didn't
work either.

It wasn't until firefighters flushed about 250 gallons of water through the
10- to 12-inch pipe -- enough to wet the kitten's paws -- and the feline
rushed into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers, who was standing inside a
manhole.

"We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday. "Everybody was
pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

After a very frightening day and night, the kitten seemed more relaxed and
was warming up to humans, said Dan Hendrickson with the Humane Society of
Parkersburg.

bless.

on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:37:08 GMT, "Matthew"
wrote:

"We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday.
"Everybody was pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

Awwwwww!!! I love to hear stories like this. I wish all the kittens could
be saved...

--
Lynne

On 21 Jun, 01:37, "Matthew" wrote:
2-Pound Animal Saved From Storm Sewer Drain After 90 Minutes

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several
animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water to rescue a 2-pound kitten.

Animal control officers tried coaxing the gray tabby out of a storm sewer
drain with encouraging words and food Monday before giving up after about an
hour and a half.

Firefighters tried banging tools on one end of the pipe and flashing lights
Monday night in hopes of driving him out the other end -- but that didn't
work either.

It wasn't until firefighters flushed about 250 gallons of water through the
10- to 12-inch pipe -- enough to wet the kitten's paws -- and the feline
rushed into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers, who was standing inside a
manhole.

"We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday. "Everybody was
pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

After a very frightening day and night, the kitten seemed more relaxed and
was warming up to humans, said Dan Hendrickson with the Humane Society of
Parkersburg.

A true cotton sox story with all's bad that ends well
S;o)