Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Cat Stuck In Marshland, In Danger Of Drowning, Rescued By Police Officers In Mastic Beach
"Binky" had wandered into the area and became stuck, but officers were able to follow his desperate yowling and bring him to safety.
MASTIC BEACH, NY — A Mastic Beach cat is less one of its one of its nine lives this week after being rescued, from nearly drowning in a marsh, by a group of Suffolk police officers.
The officers received a call about a cat howling from a marsh, near Whittier Drive, at around 10:15 p.m. on May 28.
When they arrived, they discovered "Binky" stranded among the water and reeds, so one of the officers grabbed a box, and carefully made his way through the marsh, before safely rescuing "the feline adventurer," police said.
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"Binky" ended up being unharmed and was quickly reunited with his grateful owner.
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