Kicker - Rescuing the rescuer

NICK EICHER, HOST: A teenaged boy in Indiana climbed a tree last weekend to rescue a cat he spotted high up in the branches.

Valiant though it was, he got himself stuck.

The young man identified only as “Owen,” scaled the 35 foot tree at Holliday Park in Indianapolis.

The fire department had to use rope and a pulley system to lower Owen to the ground because the ground was too soft to support a ladder.

AUDIO: Watch me, take out the slack. Just keep your hands on there bud … slowly, we’re lowering.

As for the cat? Well, it seemed completely relaxed and perhaps—even a little amused.

Battalion chief Rita Reith said “The cat seemed to enjoy the commotion but made no effort to climb down the tree.”

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