There is an old saying, “The purity of a person’s heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals.” Truer words were never said.
Volunteers and firefighters went to heroic lengths to save a weeks-old kitten from drowning after local residents called 911 to report they could hear some kittens crying in a drain.
As reported by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, ‘Dorella Tuckwiller, president and founder of local animal rescue group Itty Bitty Kitty Committee, crawled head-first into a storm drain pipe beneath a Virginia Avenue driveway and retrieved the barely breathing kitten. A small crowd cheered as West Side volunteer firefighter Galeena Wileman pulled Tuckwiller from the pipe by a rope tied to her ankle, and Tuckwiller held the wet, shivering creature in her hand.’
While there were three kittens, they sadly lost one, and the other was removed safely by the mama cat. It wasn’t long before this little fellow was cleaned up and hopefully returned to mama, too.
This really was a heroic act by Tuckwiller. What an amazing rescue, by an amazing human.
