A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Al Machado rescued the cat from a burning apartment Tuesday, telling The Standard Times of New Bedford that he saw immediately that it needed air.
Machado began performing mouth to mouth on the animal as he carried it outside.
Video shot at the scene shows Machado bent over, breathing into the cat's mouth several times. The cat, a tiger angora, was revived and resting comfortably soon after.
No humans were injured in the fire. A man and woman whose last known address was the building that burned were arrested and charged with arson, authorities said.
Two other cats died in the second-floor apartment, but two dogs there were saved with the help of oxygen from paramedics and animal rescue personnel. Pets on the other two floors -- including a ferret and even some frogs on the first floor -- were all saved.
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I could just cry looking at... (Below threshold)1. Posted by langtry | September 11, 2008 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I could just cry looking at that. Not just to see the fireman being a hero, but at the gentleness of the police officer making sure the oxygen stayed on kitty's mouth and nose. I hope they throw the book at the people who started that fire.
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