Good kitty!

[Livia]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663270/?GT1=7538

MSNBC.com

‘Hero’ cat apparently dials 911 to help owner
Responding to emergency call, police officer finds feline next to phone

The Associated Press
Updated: 10:20 a.m. ET Jan. 2, 2006


COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

"I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out.

That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons — including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

"He's my hero," Rosheisen said.

[jkmaletic]

OMG - cute!! I love kitties!

I wonder if I could train mine to clean their own litter box??

[amber]

Hey, did you also see the story of the cat who rode about 70 miles in the underbelly of the SUV and lived? Poor thing. Another driver saw it through the wheel well and flagged the car down. The cats claws were scraped and it was singed, but otherwise fine.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by amber

Hey, did you also see the story of the cat who rode about 70 miles in the underbelly of the SUV and lived? Poor thing. Another driver saw it through the wheel well and flagged the car down. The cats claws were scraped and it was singed, but otherwise fine.

I saw that. It was a small cat too...not very old. That's just wild. I'm so glad he/she is ok.

[DavidMn]

For some reason, the VERY ribald Pussycat Song just popped into my head. I used to hear these girls sing it at this one karaoke bar all the time.