avalancher
Arboristsite Raconteur
Wife just sent me this link, I thought it was interesting that a tree guy would come save the day when the fire department wouldnt.
Stranger Climbs Tree, Saves Cat
Posted: 5:15 pm EDT June 10, 2009
Updated: 11:32 pm EDT June 10, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- A Springfield Mother made a tear-filled plea for help because she could not get her cat out of the tree, but after the story broke on News Center 7, a stranger climbed the tree and saved the cat.
Chewy was perched about 70 feet high in a tree outside of Christy Williams' Rice Street home.
She said the 1-year-old cat got out Saturday night and wasn't spotted until Williams heard a meow Monday morning.
Williams, her children and neighbors have tried to lure the cat with food and calls. Even rain did not force it down.
Williams said the Clark County Humane Society doesn't have the ladders to reach it, and the Springfield Fire Department didn't want to tie up a fire truck in case a blaze breaks out.
But after seeing the story on WHIO-TV, Austin Frock of Dyer’s Tree Service decided to utilize his years of tree climbing experience and help.
“I’m going to hitchhike up the tree, run this strap around and run all the way up,” Frock said of his strategy. “When I get up there, I’ll try to coax him down.”
And he did. The cat is home safe with Williams and her family.
Link to the story if you like.
http://www.whiotv.com:80/news/19717012/detail.html
Stranger Climbs Tree, Saves Cat
Posted: 5:15 pm EDT June 10, 2009
Updated: 11:32 pm EDT June 10, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- A Springfield Mother made a tear-filled plea for help because she could not get her cat out of the tree, but after the story broke on News Center 7, a stranger climbed the tree and saved the cat.
Chewy was perched about 70 feet high in a tree outside of Christy Williams' Rice Street home.
She said the 1-year-old cat got out Saturday night and wasn't spotted until Williams heard a meow Monday morning.
Williams, her children and neighbors have tried to lure the cat with food and calls. Even rain did not force it down.
Williams said the Clark County Humane Society doesn't have the ladders to reach it, and the Springfield Fire Department didn't want to tie up a fire truck in case a blaze breaks out.
But after seeing the story on WHIO-TV, Austin Frock of Dyer’s Tree Service decided to utilize his years of tree climbing experience and help.
“I’m going to hitchhike up the tree, run this strap around and run all the way up,” Frock said of his strategy. “When I get up there, I’ll try to coax him down.”
And he did. The cat is home safe with Williams and her family.
Link to the story if you like.
http://www.whiotv.com:80/news/19717012/detail.html