Teen tries to rescue cat in tree but gets stuck, prompting rescue

  • 19 Mar - 25 Mar, 2022
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Firefighters were called to rescue a teenager who got stuck in a tree while trying to save a cat at an Indianapolis park. A 17-year-old boy named Owen wanted to "do a good deed" and rescue the animal after noticing him 35 feet above in a tree at Holliday Park, according to a Facebook post from the Indianapolis Fire Department. But after climbing the tree, Owen became stuck, and firefighters were forced to do a rope rescue to save the teen, they said. "While Owen had no trouble climbing up the tree," the fire department said, "his positioning did not allow the same ease for getting down." It took firefighters about an hour to bring Owen to safety. He was then checked by paramedics and deemed "perfectly fine" with only a few scrapes, according to the fire department. Meanwhile, the feline remained in the tree despite the firefighters' rescue efforts. However, commenters mentioned that the cat could have been "frozen with fear." Rita Reith, battalion chief and the department's spokeswoman, told the AP that the cat's owner hired a private company to rescue the animal.

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