State employees save cat on Duluth-Superior bridge

[Kadie]

State employees save cat on Duluth-Superior bridge

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last update: April 3, 2011 - 4:41 PM

DULUTH - Minnesota Department of Transportation employee Christopher Smith was just doing his job -- clearing debris on the sidewalk near the center of the Bong Bridge connecting Duluth and Superior, Wis., about 1 p.m. Tuesday.

And then he heard the meowing.

He looked over the edge to find a cat on a pier cap, a concrete ledge of sorts, about 20 feet down from the bridge. The cat was trapped about 80 to 90 feet above the water of St. Louis Bay without a way to come back up, according to John Bray, spokesman for MnDOT.

After Smith tried unsuccessfully to phone his co-worker Gary Wright, who was operating a sweeper on the bridge, he called for help.

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[Warpy]

1. I love stories like this one

and that cat is lucky to have been found. S/he will have a home, no matter what. If the maintenance workers can't adopt the cat, these stories have a habit of bringing out all sorts of people who have been toying with the idea of getting one.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Awwww. . . .

Good people. Bad cat, of course. Icky.

(I love them all, and have rescued many. My dogs, too.)

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Some days, I just lose faith in humanity.

And then a story like this comes along and gives me a fuzzy feeling. Thanks.

[malaise]

14. Don't you think someone threw the cat

off the bridge and the cat got lucky.

The rescue is a lovely story

[Curmudgeoness]

15. It seems that is so, although I will not ruin the good feeling

that this story gives me to think about that.

The rescuers are heroes in my book.

[Brickbat]

16. Knowing the bridge, no.

[blaze]

4. Sweet story!

Thanks for posting.

[jdadd]

5. This is a happy ending

to what could have been a sad story.....

[xchrom]

6. Recommend

[pip]

7. Good job!

Give that worker a raise for the day! I love cats...

[xchrom]

8. Awesome. Nt

[stuntcat]

9. wow GOOD news :D

I needed that! ty

[Kolesar]

10. Bridge-ette

meow!

[snagglepuss]

11. Great story. Thanks so much for posting it.

:hi:

[Doremus]

12. A little compassion in a brutal world. Thank you. nt

[Cleita]

13. And some Freeper is going to complain that they are

wasting taxpayers' money. :eyes:

[Kadie]

17. LOL

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

:)

[Raine]

18. Wonderful story

I love to hear stories like this, it revives my faith in humankind somewhat. :-)