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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2014, 12:38 PM Jun 2014

HOLMBERG: Tiptop kitten rescue from Richmond I-95 bridge takes the cake

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RICHMOND, Va. — There’s a tradition in the Richmond Fire Department: any first-time achievement by a rookie means he or she has to buy cake and ice cream for the whole firehouse.

Newbie firefighter Betty Migliaccio figures she’ll be buying a ton of cake and ice cream: She had her first save; her first all-the-way out (75-foot) ladder rescue and – the most rib-worthy occurrence – her first TV interview as a firefighter.

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http://wtvr.com/2014/06/18/firefighters-and-police-rescue-a-kitten-stranded-on-75-foot-pillar/

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HOLMBERG: Tiptop kitten rescue from Richmond I-95 bridge takes the cake (Original Post) joeybee12 Jun 2014 OP

Kittens are so irresponsible. nt onehandle Jun 2014 #1

I know...at 4 weeks she should know better! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #4

What are the odds! Fla Dem Jun 2014 #2

Naw, happens all the time! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #3

Yeah, the kitteh Sweet Freedom Jun 2014 #7

Awww... ailsagirl Jun 2014 #5

She...and I bet she's feral and wandered from wherever Mom joeybee12 Jun 2014 #8

People who love animals rule!! ailsagirl Jun 2014 #12

Agreed! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #13

O hai, kitteh! shenmue Jun 2014 #6

She has the sweetest face! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #9

Congratulations Betty oldandhappy Jun 2014 #10

This kitten has the most huggable face! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #11

She used up 3 or 4 of her lives. begin_within Jun 2014 #14

I've seen some graffiti on those bridges and thought "How in the hell?!?!?" underpants Jun 2014 #15

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. Kittens are so irresponsible. nt

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 12:55 PM

Jun 2014

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

4. I know...at 4 weeks she should know better!

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jun 2014

Fla Dem

(23,655 posts)

2. What are the odds!

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:56 PM

Jun 2014

I can't fathom it. The little kitty was either tossed or somehow got out of moving vehicle on I95. AND THEN...She isn't immediately run over, but evidently falls between the cracks. AND THEN.......doesn't plunge 75 feet to her death, but lands on a pillar. AND THEN...someone just happens to be under the bridge. AND THEN.... that person actually hears her squeaky meow above the din of the traffic. AND THEN....the person who hears her, is caring enough to call the fire department. What are the odds for all those circumstances coming together so that poor little kitty is saved and adopted. Unbelievable.