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Sugar the cat, left, survived a 19-story fall from her owner's home in Boston, center. At right is the spot where she landed.
Sugar, a white furry cat who is deaf, plunged 19 floors from a window in a high-rise building in Boston and – aided by her fall into a tiny mulch patch and the feline’s ability to glide a la the "flying squirrel" – lived to walk another day, animal rescue officials say.
A woman in the West End building said she saw a “white streak” go by her window early Wednesday afternoon and then saw Sugar after she hit the ground, said Mike Brammer, assistant manager of the animal rescue services department at the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
“You could see the impact crater where she actually did hit the ground and she actually lost some fur in the hole, too," Brammer said.
The cat's small landing spot is surrounded by brick and concrete.
“Whether cats can sometimes aim, so if it did it itself or if it was a combination of luck or both … it managed to hit that small patch of mulch, so it was very soft ground,” he said.
After bouncing up from her fall of 150-200 feet, Sugar ran near the building, rather than out onto the nearby highway.
“Instead of, you know, being scared and just running out into traffic, she somehow hit the best spot and stayed near the building,” he added. “So it was very fortuitous on many different levels.”
Sugar, who was tended to by the building concierge before rescue officials arrived, suffered a small cut on her lip and a little bruising, including some to her lungs.
“Considering what she had been through, she was in really good shape,” he said.
The feline, about 4.5 years old, was aided in her fall by dynamics akin to the “flying squirrel” phenomenon, Brammer said.
“You notice where their legs attach to the body, they have … the extra fur right there,” he said. If they put their legs out, “they’re able to glide a little bit and control … where they are going, and then I guess supposedly they can use their tail and move their body as a rudder to kind of control where they want to go.”
And ironically, the height may have helped her, he added, noting that a rescue league veterinarian shared information about a study on cats falling from tall heights.
“What happens is that the higher up, they reach terminal velocity and so I guess the sensation isn’t that they’re still falling. It kind of levels out so they don’t feel as stressed and they relax a little bit,” he said.
The Animal Rescue League was able to track the owner through the microchip and with help from the building.
Sugar's owner, Brittney Kirk, a 32-year-old registered nurse, said at first she didn't think her cat had made it. She had left the window open due to the warm weather because she didn't want Sugar to be in a hot apartment.
"It just seemed so unreal … my thought was obviously that she didn’t make it," she said. "I was definitely relieved and kind of in disbelief … if there were a cat to fall 19 stories and to be fine, I think it would definitely be Sugar, because she’s a pretty special cat."
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Good Grief!! Lucky Kitty, stay away from the windows Sugar.
Talk about a cat who is going to have an attitude from now on.
not an unheard of thing. from a lower height it could have died from not being able to adjust its body to the fall.
Are they certain it wasn't tossed out.
Guess that Chinese restuarant is upset.
Me too, I had planned on ordering that dish. I hear it is really the cats' meow!
If this cat was black, we would know for sure why he was so lucky...
For a nurse she's not to bright leaving the window open on the nineteenth floor. Just lower the heat..can't be that hot outside in Boston.
Quote from the top of the page:
"First in breaking news and analysis: Msnbc.com reporters and NBC correspondents bring you compelling stories from across the nation."
And this is an example of what MSNBC considers "breaking news".
Before you go busting my hump and asking if I didn't find it interesting then why did I read it and then comment on it. I didn't!
I saw the headline on the main page and thought "this is not breaking news". Then I clicked the link and went straight to the comment section to post.
This is a human interest story MSNBC and definitely not breaking news.
I agree John - That IS a pretty Lucky little cat though. On another note, Welcome Home and Thank You for your Service. I don't remember if I've ever referred you to this before, but please read www.riflewarrior.com/vietnam.html when you have the time. Peace.
It helps if the cat is skinny, not like my old beast who can barely make it out the bed without tumbling on its head. Just what is the terminal velocity of a 5 lb cat with its paws outstretched? & a 150 lb human? Somebody must know. Plus it's in the 80s today in Boston.
Realist
No, its not breaking news but sure is a welcome relief from all the political ranting going on, on this vine.
@wje37fcsm: Basic high school physics: it's the same...
Some of you are real turds. The woman left the window open for air. It is hot in boston right now and as is the custom up north, not that many places are equipped with A/C. I'm sure she had a screen and cats do sometimes manage to squeeze their way into and out of spaces you wouldn't normally think they could. The comments about the Chinese restaurant are really unkind; not just about the cat but to the Chinese, who pride themselves on serving good, approved meat in this country. What they eat in China is China, but don't denegrate people based on a perpetual myth. Shame on all of you who made nasty, unkind remarks. Great that the kitty is fine. I am glad for the owner as well, and to the jerk who suggested that perhaps the cat was thrown out or pushed out the window, I cannot imagine living in mind like yours.
Ah Realist, you just need to find fault in everything, don't you. Funny thing is, there is no fault to find. Anyone with a basic grasp of English could see that MSNBC means that when there IS breaking news, they are are first to report it. True or not, it doesn't matter. They never claimed this article was breaking news. What they DO claim is that they also post compelling stories. I found this compelling, as did the several hundred people who also posted comments. Apparently you also found it compelling enough to post yet another worthless rant.
My advice, as unsolicited as you might find it, is to have someone read you the articles from now on. Reading comprehension is clearly not your strong point.
r-a-quint, no, it's not the same. It would be the same in a vacuum but we don't live in a vacuum. Terminal velocity for an average size cat is 60mph. It would reach that speed after falling around 50 feet. Terminal velocity of a human is 130 mph. And that could be even faster if the person goes into a tuck position instead of a free fall position. In a vacuum there is no drag on something falling. In the real world all objects have a different amount of drag on them.
Cats have a righting reflex. A study showed that injuries to cats from falls increase up to around 70 feet and decrease after that because of their righting reflex. In falls from 70 feet and over, they have already reached terminal velocity, they have time to relax, right themselves, and spread their bodies to increase the drag on them, allowing them to have a softer landing.
Lucky kitty is right! I wish my own cat could have been so lucky, he was such a special, one-of-a-kind kitty. He didn't fall out of any windows but died last January from renal disease, at ten years old. He was strictly an indoor cat but managed to sneak out a couple of times and I thought he was never going to come back each time. I never thought I would lose him to kidney failure, of all things... I'm just happy for this cat's owner, I know how relieved she must have been to get him back alive and in one piece.
Time to move to the 20th floor...
CO. . . . what was your cats name? ? ?
Well there goes one life eight more left.
tnayew: his name was Ziggy.
Thanks Roddles - I know its ball park numbers but a collision with the earth is a bit easier to survive at 60 mph than 120. As an aside, Douglas Adams suggests in the Hichhikers Guide that a way to fly is to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Maybe that was what the cat was trying to do.
Realist-502574 If you believe this is American with unrestricted free speech, you are sadly mistaken!
Anyhow Sugar can scratch one of its nine lives.
That can could do it 8 more times?
That was my first thought. One down, eight to go. Cats are just amazing creatures.
Fly Robin Fly! Up Up to the skyyyyyy!
What a story.
Good for the kitty.
Why the owner left the window open is beyond me. The cat should be taken away from her. Turn the fan on next time it's hot.
And she's a nurse no less! Good grief.
I think that fall was worth a few lives...
That could survive that fall 8 more times? OK, lets test that theory ASAP.
Holy cat crap! Amazing.
If it was 3 stories it would have been amazing. At that height, the cat had the time and ability to spread out his legs, slow his descent and take the impact with the entire body, rather than any one spot. This is absolutely normal and most cats falling from these heights do survive with little problems.
I'm sure you are an expert.....
Wasn't there a window washer in New York who fell 90 stories a year or two ago who also lived? Anybody remember this?
That really could have been quite a cat-tastrophe
yes, because the life of a cat and a human window washer, are like, you know, totally the same thing.
Yes, there was a window washer who survived a 47 story fall here in NYC, but he was really messed up, unlike lucky Sugar
It's not that the life of a cat & human are the same, it's the surviving an amazing fall.
@Chris629698: Re your comment that dogs are dumber than a sack of door knobs. I think it is you that is dumber than the sack of door knobs!! Tell me when was the last time you saw a cat sniffing thru debris at a major disaster like 9/11 looking for survivors or bodies? When was the last time you saw a cat locating a missing person (or a small child) in a mountain or park? When was the last time you saw a cat save a person from drowning? When was the last time you saw a cat mow down a criminal to protect citizens and put its life in danger until his police officer handler got there? When was the last time you saw cat donors in vet's offices? When was the last time you saw a lousy cat protect its owner from a burglar? Dumb as door knobs??? I don't think so. It looks like you are the one that has a head full of loose nuts. A dog has it over a stupid cat any day of the week. The only thing a cat is good for is chasing and killing mice, falling into a toilet, jumping on things, purring their butts off, clawing at string, and destroying peoples' property because of irresponsible cat owners that let them prowl the neighborhoods and scratch up neighbors' cars and pee on their grass and shrubs leaving an odor that causes owners to clorox and use detergent to get the damn smell out. Cats are one of the dumbest domestic animals there is. Look at the postings here that say how many of them jumped out of windows three stories high and up. How many brains does it take to do that? Point made. But with your IQ Chris, you probably think they are cool doing it--and smart too don't you?
Incredible.
I think a cat who can survive that fall probably can hear but chooses to ignore everyone.
You just may be right gtouch.
Most white, blue eyed cats are deaf.
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@David B., that was my first thought upon reading this article!
The article didn't mention that the cat was black before the fall.
What? Didn't you see the picture of the cat? Oh, wait a minute - I got it.
LOL!!! Denver Bill, that just made my day. Good thing I am alone, someone might think it was time for the straight jacket and rubber room.
Thanks, Bill... now I have to clean up all this milk that sprayed out of my nostrils!
That's too funny, Denver Bill!!! Thank you, haven't had a good laugh in a while!
LOL!!!
A guy on the 10th floor said he saw a black and white cat fly past their window.
Hahahahahahahaha......maybe it was, but, it damn sure isn't black now!! Poor kitty and stupid human. Gives new meaning to that first step is a doozy!
@Denver Bill - absolutely the funniest! Best laugh I've had all week!
Then it's time to break out the Grecian Formula for Cats for Sugar.
Great ending to what have could have been a tragedy. I wonder why the cat fell in the first place. Cats are very aware of heights and rarely ever fall but they will sometimes jump if startled.
The cat fell because cats can't resist anything new, especially when it's an opening like a box, or in this case, a window. If you don't believe me, try this experiment: next time you get groceries, take a brown paper bag. Put the paper bag on its side on the floor. If you have a cat, the cat will get in the bag, no exceptions. They're just adorable furry morons.
Some people should not be allowed to own animals if they are too ignorant to keep the windows closed enough that the pet can't slip out. It doesn't look as if the building has balconies from which the cat could have fallen.
@Chris you are so right. My cat loooves when I got shopping! There was a SpongeBob episode where Gary invites Spongebob in to a box and its an Disco inside. :) & @ ABCZYN have you ever owned a cat? They spend their entire day trying to find something new. My cat loves to sit on our balcony in a window box watching the birds and has never tried to jump. We left our windows open to air our the apt when the weather was nice last weekend and she jumped out.
It was an accident. Cats do stuff like this all the time. Our cat used to jump from the bathroom sink to the top of the door - little gymnasts! Of course, once he was up there, there was nowhere to go, but he loved testing his skills. One time, he jumped onto a wall bannister and missed - he was getting older. We laughed in response. Cats don't like to be laughed at, we found out. He gave us the "evil eye" and shook it off as if to say, "Yeah...I meant to do that."
Funny, but delightful creatures.
Actually,it's ABCzyx, and the @ is superfluous.
Yes. I am 62 years old and have owned cats almost continuously since I was a child in the 50s. The only time that I didn't have a cat was when I was living in the dorms in college. I currently have three rescue cats. I'm fully aware that cats are curious and want to explore. However, I'm a responsible owner and try to think ahead of them and make the appropriate arrangements to keep them safe.
Good lord, it's the cat police.
I had a cat in my third story apartment and had the window open with the screen in. He pushed thru the screen (probably after a bird flying by) and fell out. I ran down the steps, out the door and he was nowhere to be found. I looked up and he was clinging to the bricks and climbed back into the window. I never knew they could do that.
Cats are amazing creatures.
Cats can also be clumsy, though. I had a cat that once fell off of the back fence into a yard with five dogs. Note, the fence board was on OUR side, so she had to have climbed up onto the actual fence part to have fallen in. That one incident took about two years off of her 9, since the yappy dogs scared her enough that she got confused about how to get back out.
Hey AILUROPHILIACS glad to meet you all. My owner is a Ragdoll Kitty named Molly and my world is never dull because of her.
Hi Vet....I hope you meant AiluroPHILES...I may love my cat, but I don't LOVE my cat...
:-)
Why assume this was a great ending? What if this cat has offspring that grows up to be a mass murderer? Then what, mister? You'll still be happy this happened?
Anyone leaving a window open that high up is stupid.
People even have lost their children that way.
Don't they know you can usually open the window at the top.
Or heaven forbid they should get a screen.
It's true that cats are often able to right themselves and walk away with minimal injuries, but this article leaves people with the impression that this is normal for a cat to fall 19 stories and survive without even a broken leg. Cat falls are very common -- from low and high places. But the cats more often end up with serious to severe injuries.
Well that bird I was chasing could fly! That's one lucky kitty!
Pretty good cat logic hummbird.
Yikes
Because that cat lived I have to read 500 vapid comments from cat lovers. Just what is lucky about that?
Cats are really not that bright. They say, "curiosity killed the cat", but it's really just the cat being a dumbass. I have four; they're all morons.
I don't know what you're talking about. My three cats are quite brilliant.
No, it's the owner who's the moron for not keeping the window closed enough so that the cat couldn't get out. I lived in a third floor apartment in San Francisco. When I adopted the stray that showed up in my backyard, I put wooden dowels in the tracks where the windows opened so that they could only be opened a certain distance and could not be pushed farther open by the cat. She lived to be almost 22 years old and was the best cat who has ever owned me.
most animals take after their owners, so ...... :)
Ray:
If you think your cats are brilliant, I have questions about your own intelligence.
Mind you, I love cats and have had many of the lovable little devils over the years; but , they are dumbasses; lovable as anything, but dumbasses.
Chris cats are smarter than dogs. Think about it if you put a cat and a dog in a room and shut the door and the cat walking on the table knocks off the lamp and it breaks what happens.............the cat runs to the other side of the room the dog runs to sniff the lamp...........you open the door and punish the dog for breaking the lamp.
That may be true, but that's not saying much. Dogs are dumber than a sack of doorknobs.
Dogs are not dumb, neither are cats. Heck they are both smarter than humans; they just act dumb so we will take care of their every need and go all gooey at that "unconditional" love look they give us. It's a conspiracy, they are smart enough to get us to go to work so we can afford their food, toys and health care, then they get us to clean their litter boxes, walk them and play with them and clean up after them too. Who's the smart one in that dynamic? <evil grin>
Speaking of litter boxes...ever see a dog use one? 'Nuff said.
did u know that cats have learned to mimic a babys cry so that it gets the humans attention? we hear the cry look at the cat and she/he tells us with the pitch of the cry and eye expressions what she/he needs and we respond. sounds pretty smart to me. plus ive seen cats use and flush toilets without leaveing a mess on the rim-my husband cant even do that sometimes :p
Why yes, TinkerTronic, I have. My dog uses a litterbox. It's very handy in the wintertime. I don't have to go out in the frigid weather to walk him.
While I certainly don't think cats are brilliant, they certainly are not dumb either.
Don't start picking on dogs now folks. Dogs are cool too.
Tinkertronic, My dog uses the back yard, I don't have to clean that litter box!!! "Nuff"said....
mhemjay, Cats aren't dumb at all, I'd put you against a cat in a long term survival contest anyday, turn you both loose in the skin you were born in with only what you were born with in an isolated place that little fur ball would not only feed itself, but if it liked you it would bring you prey in various stages of life/death to teach you how to fend for yourself. We have one funny critter that plays pranks on us, he knocks on the side view window of the front door, and then ding dong ditches us when we go to let him in. He ditched me 6 times in 1/2 hour one day. I've had cats that played hide and seek and fetch. I have one that gets on the bed on hot days then jumps up and turns on the ceiling fan. One day our cat was watching the kids and me play SORRY on the floor, after we were finished he walked over to the game board, pushed the cards around with his paw, pick up a couple of the pieces with his teeth and put them other places on the board. Then he did the totally cat thing and laid down in the middle of the board. Cat are hilarious...
Model Train Man - I hope you clean your backyard once in a while though.
Cats are NOT dumb. Maybe some are a little dingy...but I know some really highly intelligent cats who could outsmart a lot of people. My roommate and I have 3 cats and I have 9 ferals that I take care of on the property. I just had 8 of them fixed the other day and have one more that won't let me catch her for anything. So, I know what they are capable of. But yes, cats, in general, are twice as intelligent as dogs. It is scientifically based on the number of neurons they have.
TinkerTronic: bet your neighbors just LOOOOOOVE you!!! news flash: YOU MUST SCOOP THE YARD TOO. I bet it smells just wonderful in the summertime. mmmmmmmmm..........
Really?
I have had several an they constantly amaze me with their intelligence. I like all animals and consider myself both a cat and dog person but I've noticed that nearly any cat can outsmart a dog.
I have a very ancient Maine Coon that I rescued from a shelter after he'd been abused and he's pretty bright. He comes when I call him. He has ritual he enacts every day that involves waking everyone in the house at their appropriate time to rise. He knows my father who gives him liverwurst and my mother who puts the water on in the bathtub so he can play. He greets them both when they come to visit. He can be vengeful if ignored. He can be sweet if indulged. And probably something many cat owners will understand he actually vocalizes back when spoken to. Have no idea why but he does.
He's also gotten very adept at getting anyone passing by to turn on the fireplace for him. His old bones love the heat. These days he spends most of his time on his pillow in front of the fire. Hard on the humans when it's 89 outside.
My sister had 2 cats that would co-operate to open her bedroom door when she left them in there. Onee would stand on the dresser and turn the door knob and the other would put it's paw under the door and pull. Now tell me cats are stupid.
Okay, let me rephrase - cats aren't stupid, they're just idiots. I have four cats; two of which know how to open doors. But I don't care if they can do differential calculus... they're still idiots. As I type this, my youngest cat is running around after a fly that got in, howling at the top of his little lungs. He's trying his best to be bipedal - he's literally hopping on his back legs like a kangaroo trying to catch this bug. Like I said... they're fuzzy adorable morons.
Landed on its feet I assume...
Sugar looks exactly like my cat. Mine was pretty lucky in her own way. It was just before Katrina hit when my dog spotted a white mommy cat with her litter of white kittens. He gave chase and all but one kitten made it over the fence with mommy cat. Since my cat just died three days earlier, I decided to keep this one. I guess she is lucky because the rest of the litter may not have survived Katrina.
Looks like one of mine, too, but mine has longer hair (Turkish Angora).
My Sisters cat fell 9 floors in Miami a couple of years ago. She's fine but does have a steel jaw and a rod in her leg. But hey, she made it.
Doesn't sound the she was exactly fine after the fall if that caused her to need a steel jaw and rod in her leg.
Well. She didn't die and stills bugs my Sister on a daily basis. She's fine.
Don't you get it Brooke, she's bugging your sister about why she left the damn window open!
Yeah, she didn't leave the window open. Dummy cat PUSHED the window open trying to get a bug on the outSIDE of the window.
Cats are NOT dumb. Your speculation makes no sense.
This is not really news, as the terminal velocity of any animal falling in earth's air goes down with its size. When you get down to the size of a rat it doesn't matter how high you drop it from - they won't be harmed by the fall and landing!
A little Q&A:
Q: Are you just stupid?
A: STUPID!
All objects fall at 32 feet per second squared, the acceleration due to gravity. A feather and a lead ball will fall at the same rate in a vacuum. In Earth's atmosphere, an object has to have considerable surface area in order to experience enough drag to significantly affect the terminal velocity. Cat's don't have as much loose skin as flying squirrels do to act like a parachute and break their fall to any great degree. The vet is theorizing that the cat had enough skin to possibly control where she would land. However, there is not enough difference in the surface area of a cat and rat to significantly affect the end velocity. It's incredible that the cat lived, much less walked away, considering the distance that it fell.
You mean 32 feet per second per second.
No, I mean "32 feet per second squared". "32 feet per second per second" is the same thing as "32 feet per second squared", Einstein. If you take the time to figure it out mathematically you can prove that to yourself. Sit through the same five or six college physics courses that I've taken and see exactly how many people refer to "per second squared" as "per second per second".
No need to be all pissy, ABC.
Actually, terminal velocity does not go down with "size". It is the amount of air resistance that affects terminal velocity. It is true that more more massive objects will have more momentum as they fall, and tend to hit the ground with more force, but MORE MASS does NOT = HIGHER VELOCITY! Check your 9th grade physical science book please...
It's the same thing, Chris. 32ft/second squared is the acceleration we get on planet Earth due to gravity. Terminal velocity comes about when the air drags on the falling body so that the acceleration stops and the speed of falling reaches an equilibrium with friction. (Obviously that will be affected by such things as an animal throwing out its legs and presenting a greater area for the air to drag against.) So a falling object isn't going 32ft/second faster every second until it hit the ground. On the airless moon, you'll fall slower, but your speed will increase all the way to the end of your fall.
ABC strikes me as a self righteous douche.
Awww!, Come ON everybody. These posts were going so well until people started flexig their brain power. Be nice.
No, if you drop anything from high enough, it can die. Even insects can fall from too high up.
Anyway, I am glad this kitty made it and I am glad this article was posted.
Terminal velocity of kitty was around 60 mph , spreading out her legs slowed her down to 52-53 mph and saved her . Human would have hit at ot over twice that speed .
HNL is right. Generally, as size goes down, terminal velocity goes up for similar objects. Terminal velocity happens when the force of gravity balances out air resistance. The force of gravity on an object is proportional to its mass while air resistance is proportional to its surface area. Smaller objects tend to have a higher surface area in proportion to their mass. Therefore, if two objects with a similar density (e.g. a rat and a cat) are dropped from the same height, the larger one will fall faster and hit the ground first.
Markington: I'm not trying to be rude, but you are WRONG. Galileo proved you wrong back in the 1600's-- a body's mass does NOT affect acceleration due to gravity. Galileo dropped two spheres of the same size, but one was much more massive. They hit at the same time! Try it at home--- drop a baseball and a tennis ball and they will hit at the same time!
The baseball will hit with more force, but not any faster!
ThinkingScientist, I never said that mass affects acceleration due to gravity. It does directly determine the FORCE of gravity. Objects of different masses fall at the same rate in a vacuum, not necessarily in air. Air resistance has a more significant effect on lighter objects. Think about it. Take something like a towel and drop it. Then pull a single fiber off that towel and drop it. Which falls faster? Same material, different size, but the bigger thing falls faster. Even Galileo knew that his experiment was only perfectly valid in a vacuum. In air, it's only a decent approximation, not absolute fact.
Markington, air resistance is affected by shape. A thread from a towel can drift on currents of air-- and is at the micro level-- try the baseball and tennis ball- they are roughly the same shape and volume-- yet they hit at the same time despite the baseball's obviously higher mass. Give up son, you lose.
If you live 19 stories up and have pets or small children...KEEP THE WINDOWS CLOSED. Sheesh...
Hobbits... I mean CATS, really are amazing creatures!
And, they taste yummy too.
I've always had a lot of respect for pussy.............cats. Way to go Sugar.
They REALLY do land on their feet, even that high up!!!
What if they are dropped from outer space? Will they still land on their feet?
Did she land on her feet?Finally, some happy news!
My office is on the 19th floor - I sure as hell wouldn't want to try dropping into a patch of mulch from up here!
I read the same article and I missed the happy part. Please refresh my memory.
Rupert, the happy part is that the cat survived relatively unscathed, as opposed to dieing.
Wow! "Cat" and "Impact Crater" are a set of words I never thought I'd see together!
I adore cats. I'm so happy the laws of physics, biology, and luck-o-the-cat worked out.
Good point. It's sad we don't see those words together in articles more often.
never mind...
Are you okay? You seem to be having trouble.
lol...amazing. poor thing. hope she has a good loving family.......who will put up some screening! :)
Unfortunately, they didn't love her enough to make certain that she couldn't get out of the window in the first place.
Dang ABC, you've never made a mistake? We get it, you think she is dumb for leaving her window open and letting the cat almost kill itself. I'm sure she felt horrible about it and has learned her lesson.
Right, Tiff? I've been reading ABC's posts. He/she needs to get off the high horse.
I'm wondering what secret facts ABC has access to. The article doesn't make any mention of whether or not the window was screened (did the cat go through a screen?) or only left open an inch for airflow (and the cat managed to open it farther). Must be nice to be perfect and know everything.
I'm going to go give my cats a hug now after reading this story!
19 stories, window open, 1 year old cat... recipe for disaster! What was Britttney Kirk thinking?
ummm... 4.5 year old cat. Maybe she was thinking the cat would like some fresh air and wouldn't be suicidal...
It's not like she opened a window and then put a ramp up to the window with a can of tuna just out of reach at the other side of the ramp!
Hindsight's 20/20...With all the judgement going on around here you'd think we were in a court room or something!
I had a cat that had 5 kittens...and one of the kittens kept getting out on the 3rd story balcony and then he went missing. We found him behind the building meowing loudly, safe and sound. He did not just do this once...he did it a second time. Needless to say I found him quicker the second time.
In other words, your IQ is 70 and you didn't know better than to keep the "kitten" OFF the 3rd story balcony.
To bad people can't be arrested for stupidity!
JC - my thoughts exactly. You said it better than I could have.
You all miss the point. There is a Korean restaurant just below the balcony and he works there.
Too bad people cannot be arrested for being a self righteous prick. That includes you, ABC.
I, too, agree with JC. It amazes me how many people in this world are
truely that stupid. We would need a whole continent as a jail. So sad
but so true!
Amazing, a whole page of comments without anyone going on political or religious tirades! But a couple of people still seized the opportunity to act like dipsh*ts.
I'm sure Obama/Rush/Hannity/Maher/Romney pushed the cat from the window.
whew..
I feel much better now. ;)
Really? ....still shaking my head... Really? I worry about this country and the inbred, vapid culture that has somehow found their way to a keyboard and onto something as mystifying for their intellect as the web.
It is a story about the curiosity of a cat, and the resilience of their makeup. How you got on the line of logic you wandered to could only be attributed to a lost generation...and sadly no one is missing you.
I hate stories with a sad ending.
BULL-S@@@. This never happened.