Positivity: Rescuer Brings in Heavy Equipment to Save… a Cat
A guy spent four hours at the task after other efforts were unsuccessful:
Kitty trapped inside a NY deli wall freed
NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) — An 11-month-old cat that got stuck for two weeks between the walls of a New York deli where she was the official mouser has been rescued by a tunnel worker.
Molly’s troubles began April 1 when she wandered into a narrow space between walls in the 19th-century West Village building and got lost in a maze of beams and pipes, the New York Daily News reported.
Rescuers could hear her meows, and tried unsuccessfully to lure Molly out until Kevin Clifford, 33, a miner who loves animals, volunteered his after-work time to save her.
Clifford, who is helping dig the city’s new downtown water tunnel, spent four hours drilling through the deli’s brick walls. About 10 p.m. Friday, he gently eased Molly out of a 5-by-3-foot hole behind the counter in Myers of Keswick.
Rescuers, workers and customers erupted in cheers and applause as she emerged, dusty and frightened.
Deli proprietor Peter Myers said Molly showed a healthy appetite after her rescue. She feasted on sardines and roast pork and drank “lots of water to bring her back to normality,” Meyers said.
