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Firefighters Come To Kitty's Rescue In Brick

When a feline found himself stranded high in a tree in Brick, Pioneer Hose Company went to work to help him down.

A firefighter cradles a cat after removing it from the upper reaches of a tree in Brick on Friday.
A firefighter cradles a cat after removing it from the upper reaches of a tree in Brick on Friday. (Pioneer Hose Company)

BRICK, NJ — It's one of those classic depictions of firefighters, a good deed that you often see in fiction but not in real life: Going up in a tree to rescue a cat.

On Friday, it happened in real life for a Brick Township family, who got a helping hand from Pioneer Hose Company.

"Well yes it does actually happen, not just in the movies!" the fire company said in a post on the department's Facebook page. "Ladder 2205 and our firefighters did a great job today helping this kitty out of a tree and returned safely to his owner!"

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