Louis Lemieux was out taking a stroll under the bridge on Thursday night when suddenly he heard meowing coming from high above him.
A small grey cat somehow got herself stuck under the steel-truss cantilever structure.
Concerned cat lovers including Lemieux started dialing any numbers they could find to get some help for the kitty stuck in the tangle of steel.
“Somebody stopped by on a bicycle and went to the firehouse [three blocks away], and he came back and said the firemen can’t do it on their own. They need an order,” Lemieux said via CBCNEWS.
Lemieux went to social media to share this story, hoping it would alert more people and inspire to come to the cat’s aid.
After a number of calls to 911 and Lemieux’s live-tweets, firefighters eventually arrived on the scene to rescue the cat.
They deployed a gigantic ladder to try and get to her.
Rescuers successfully retrieved the cat from the bridge, but the frightened feline jumped out of the rescuer’s arms and ran to hide in some bushes. She wasn’t willing to come out for anyone until Lemieux started talking to her, coaxing her to come out.
It was then that he knew the cat had chosen him. And eventually, she did come out for him.
He named his new cat Josephine Charlotte and she’s already quite comfy and happy in her new home.
“She was really famished. She went through three cans before she could stop eating,” he said.
Cats choose who they love.
Source: lovemeow.com