OVIEDO, Fla. — A kitten rescued from a storm drain in Oviedo has a new home with the parents of one of the firefighters who helped save it.
Oviedo firefighters received the call Nov. 8 as they were getting off shift, according to the city. Someone heard the trapped kitten and called for help.
Lt. Maddox, Engineer Trotter and Firefighter Cortes responded and entered the storm drain to safely retrieve the kitten.
Trotter then took it to his parents’ home, where they adopted it right away, the city said.
Photos shared by the city show the wet kitten wrapped in a towel after the rescue and later resting on furniture in its new home.
“Our firefighters are always prepared for rescues, be it human or kitten,” the department said.
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