Tennessee firefighter Ryan Thompson rescued the kitten from a storm drain in a supermarket parking lot along Nashville Highway
Passerby Katie Wilburn snapped this great photo of the ecstatic firefighter coming back to the surface of the parking lot from the drain with his little rescue kitten.
A heavy iron drain cover needed to be removed in order to pull the kitten up to safety..
Nobody knows how long kitty was down there in the storm drain before the rescue.
The Gallatin Fire Department posted the photo their Facebook page Tuesday, writing: “Excellent job last night with a quick save in the Kroger parking lot Ladder 4 crew! Thank you for the picture submittal Katie Wilburn!”
Cat rescuer, Ryan Thompson, added in comments on the social media: “A local patron of the Kroger Marketplace kindly took the kitten.