A cat pulled from a Little Rock overpass went home with the woman who saw her
Linda Satter spotted a cat on the Mississippi Avenue overpass. Firefighters tried to reach her, then Gary Iverson grabbed her from a drain opening. Satter adopted the cat and named her Robbie.
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Linda Satter noticed a cat on the Mississippi Avenue overpass in Little Rock, FOX16 reported. Firefighters tried to reach her. Friend Gary Iverson then reached into a drain opening and pulled the cat out.
Satter adopted her and named her Robbie. The rescue was a handoff from a failed first try to the grab that worked, and the adoption is the home that followed.
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Linda Satter saw a cat stuck on the Mississippi Avenue overpass in Little Rock, Arkansas. Firefighters tried to reach the cat. Then Satter's friend Gary Iverson reached into a drain opening and lifted her out. Satter adopted the cat and named her Robbie. A forever home means the cat is staying with Satter, not going back to the overpass. The rescue took more than one try, and the person who first noticed the cat is the person who kept her.
- Why is an overpass a dangerous place for a cat?
- Why might firefighters be called for an animal?
- What does it mean to adopt an animal you helped rescue?
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