Catman to the rescue, as man pulls stuck Long Island pet to safety after long ordeal
He doesn't wear a mask or cape, but John DeBacker is a hero to one Long Island family. Wearing his “Catman” T-shirt, DeBacker pulled off the intricate rescue of a frightened and exhausted cat named Lola who had spent about five days trapped, likely upside down for most of that time, behind a wall in her family's old home in the New York City suburbs. Lola's ordeal began about two weeks before the rescue, when she ducked under a floorboard while the family was moving out of their apartment...
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