It’s time for a happy kitty story. One that makes you go, “Awww.”
A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels.
Transit workers tracked down 6-month old Georgia under midtown Manhattan 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.
Awww. Go ahead. You know you want to.
Those were good men, to look for the cat three weeks later. And to find it.
See, Lair? There are a fair number of good New Yorkers out there, too.
How much was the reward?
Isn’t “Bronx Librarian” a wonderfully evocative phrase?