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Fort Greene Drama: Cat In A Tree!
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 2, 2010
Modified Sep 2, 2010
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The Daily News has a crazy detailed video documenting every event unfolding around a cat that was stuck in a tree in Fort Greene earlier this week. It's very Bart's People! Basically, "area woman" is slowly being driven mad by "area stray cat" that is stuck in a very tall tree located next to her apartment. One "area man" is all, "Cat in a tree—it's so cliché."
Then some "area firemen" come to save the cat, but fail, so a different "area man" builds a footbridge, hoping the cat will utilize it and save itself. The cat stays put, however, so (spoiler alert) "area tree experts" come in and save it! Let's just hope it wasn't sent to an "area shelter" after that.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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