NY cat's 25 days in subway
2008-02-17 18:36
New York - A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform and spent 25 days roaming in the underground tunnels, is back home.
Transit workers tracked down 6-month-old Georgia under midtown Manhattan on Saturday. Police reunited her with owner Ashley Phillips, a 24-year-old Bronx librarian.
After hearing that the black cat might have been spotted below Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street, track workers Mark Dalessio and Efrain LaPorte went through the area making "meow" sounds.
Georgia responded, and they found her cowering in a drain between two tracks.
Georgia had lost some weight and scratched her nose but was otherwise unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from a veterinarian visit last month.
- AP