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Kitten Rescued After Being Tossed From Car On Verrazano Bridge
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 7, 2011
Modified Jul 7, 2011
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On Saturday afternoon, a worker with the city's Animal Care and Control Center on Staten Island was driving over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge when he saw something fly out the window of a passing vehicle. "At first he thought they were throwing garbage," AC&C spokesman Richard Gentles tells the Daily News. "Then he realized it was a kitten." Gentles believes the driver intended to toss the kitten over the edge of the bridge to its death but missed, and fortunately the AC&C officer came to his rescue.
The unidentified officer pulled over and flagged down some truck drivers, who stopped traffic as he rescued the five-week-old kitten, which was hiding by a barrier on the bridge roadway. "Thankfully he didn't run out into cars," Gentles adds, and says the kitten, which has been named "Verrazano," is a "Russian blue" who doesn't show any other signs of abuse. (According to Wikipedia, Russian blues "develop close bonds with their human companions and are highly sought after due to their personalities and unique coat.")
Verrazano will go into a foster home until he is old enough to be adopted when he's two months old; applications are currently being accepted. Meanwhile, authorities are trying to track down the worthless P.O.S. who tossed the cat from the car, and they're asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them at info(at)nycacc.org. (That's also the email to use if you're interested in adopting Verrazano or another kitten.)
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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