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Survives 18 Days Without Food During World Trade Centre Crisis
NEW YORK --
A cat has been found alive after 18 days without food
in an apartment almost destroyed when the World Trade Centre collapsed.
Persian cat Precious was found by rescue workers in the remains of
the apartment she had never left, just a block away from the remains
of the twin towers.
Precious has eye injuries and burnt paws. With no food, she survived
by drinking dirty water from puddles in the damaged apartment building.
Her owner, DJ Kerr, told the New York Post: "It's unbelievable.
It's a miracle. I can't believe she's alive."
Mrs Kerr and husband Steve had left their apartment in a seven-storey
building in Liberty street, across the road from the World Trade Centre,
for a long weekend when the terrorists struck on September 11.
Their loft had its sheet glass windows blown out and was filled with
metal, dust and smoke. They have been warned it will be nine months
before they can move back in.
They had given up Precious for dead until rescuers responded to reports
of a cat crying on the roof of the building. They used a recovery dog
to corner the cat and bring it to safety.
It was taken to a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA) van which had been treating search and rescue dogs for exhaustion
and exposure.
Mrs Kerr said: "She lost two pounds and her little paws are burnt
on the bottom because the top of the building was so hot but she's going
to live.
"I gave her favourite food - sliced turkey. She was eating so
fast because she was starved to death and she's drinking a lot of water.
But she's so happy, she's just purring."
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