Cat found in office rubble nine days after tornado

By Rebecca Reynolds | Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nine days aft a tornado demolished his three-story bureau gathering successful downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, Sonny “Hoot” Gibson was lasting successful the rubble erstwhile helium thought helium heard a faint meow.

It instantly gave him anticipation that his bureau cat, Madix, who hadn’t been seen since earlier the storms hit, was alive. Gibson said helium had tried to find the coagulated achromatic feline with yellowish eyes that liked to greet customers of his rental business, but had fixed up aft a fewer days.

“I don’t cognize however thing could’ve survived not conscionable the tornado but the demolition that came on with it,” helium said.

Gibson was lasting successful the rubble Sunday day erstwhile helium heard the faint noise.

“I thought I heard a meow, and I thought my mind’s playing tricks connected maine truthful I hollered his sanction out, and helium meowed again,” Gibson said.

The sound was stifled and helium couldn’t find Madix instantly truthful helium called immoderate employees who came to assistance search. Soon after, they recovered the feline successful a spread beneath the rubble.

“It was conscionable an unthinkable feeling to enactment him successful my arms,” Gibson said. “If cats really person 9 lives, helium astir apt utilized up astir 8 of them successful that nine-day period.”

Other than being precise bare and thirsty, Madix was unscathed. Gibson said helium took Madix home, wherever helium volition unrecorded retired the remainder of his days arsenic a location cat.

Gibson said the communicative of Madix the subsister is becoming fashionable astir the municipality of Mayfield, wherever a long-track tornado demolished immense parts of the community.

“It’s a blessing for radical to perceive the communicative truthful they tin instrumentality that and recognize that large things tin travel retired of unspeakable situations. If it’s uplifting to 1 person, past Madix has served his intent connected this planet.”