16 COURIER LIFE, MAY 8-14, 2020
The fi rst responders who helped save a cat from a car engine. Photo by Todd Maisel
‘PURRFECT’
ENDING
Cops save trapped feline from car
cat-astrophe in Sheepshead Bay
BY TODD MAISEL
Their engine really purred without
turning the car on.
Sheepshead Bay residents were surprised
to hear a noise under the hood of
a Toyota parked on E. 23rd Street and
Avenue W on May 3. Moments later,
deep in the engine compartment, they
discovered a kitten trapped between
the hoses and wires.
Offi cers from the 61st Precinct
and Emergency Service personnel responded
and at fi rst tried to remove the
kitten from underneath the car without
success. After fi nding the owner of
the car, authorities were able to dig into
the engine compartment where they
worked for some time trying to free the
kitten.
After more than two hours of dismantling
some parts, the cat was free.
Neighbors Steven Lynn and his girlfriend
immediately fell in love with the
fragile feline. The pair took him home,
gave him a bath, and named him Mr.
Belvedere.
“I’m the proud owner of a new kitten
and yes, I’m a cat dude and this one
needed a home,” Lynn said of his new
adoptee, a young male that he will need
to take to the vet because of ear mites.
“I’ve got a new best friend,” Lynn
said proudly. “He’s gonna have a happy
home now.”
The cat being rescued from inside the car. Photo by Todd Maisel
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