Kitten found after 25 days in NYC subway

[RamboLiberal]

A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels.

Transit workers tracked down 6-month old Georgia under midtown Manhattan Saturday. Police reunited her with owner Ashley Phillips, a 24-year-old Bronx librarian.

After hearing that the black cat might have been spotted below Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street, track workers Mark Dalessio and Efrain LaPorte went through the area making "meow" sounds.

Georgia responded, and they found her cowering in a drain between two tracks.

Georgia had lost some weight and scratched her nose but was otherwise unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from a veterinarian visit last month.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/112913

Captivated by the tale of the missing pet, track flagman Mark Dalessio and track inspector Efrain LaPorte had been diligently checking the area where Georgia had been spotted by a Con Ed worker on Wednesday.

The two MTA workers combed the rails below Lexington Ave. near 55th St. with a cat's pajamas of a strategy.

"As I was walking down the track, I was making cat sounds, meowing," Dalessio told the Daily News. "I heard a 'meow' back and I thought it was LaPorte. I thought, 'Wow, LaPorte is inspired.' "

"Then I heard it again," Dalessio said. "I looked down, and said, 'It's Georgia!' "

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/16/2008-02-16_georgia_rules_kitten_found_after_scamper.html

[USA_1]

1. Lots of Mice For Dinner In Those Subways!

:)


Glad all turned out well.

[Golden Raisin]

2. Actually rats --- and some of them

as big or bigger than kittens. There are also birds to be seen occasionally in the subways. Just saw one at Columbus Circle the other morning. The moral of this story is always take your pet to the vet in a taxi. Glad this little kitty made it and was reunited with its owner.

[TwilightGardener]

3. What a great story! Mmmmm, rats! Gonna be hard to go back to a Whiskas diet now.

[Triana]

4. Aawwwwwr! So glad little Georgia made it home!

I LOVE kitties. =^..^=

[TankLV]

5. Wow - it's amazing the ALLEGATORS didn't get 'em!

or is that in the sewers? I get them confused sometimes...

[CatWoman]

6. awwwwwwwwwwwww

:loveya: Georgia!!!

[Recursion]

7. I'm not a cat person, but...

...I'm perpetually astounded at the resiliency and adaptability of cats.

And, yes, something tells me even this little kitty made a meal or two out of some NYC rats.

"God made the cat that man might embrace the lion" -- St. Francis.

[NJCher]

8. that kitty

would be getting one helluva bath before she got back in the house after that adventure!



Cher