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UPDATE: Since we first posted this blog, FiOS the cat has found a happy home. Read The Daily News story here. We wish FiOS the best! Animal rescue folks told the paper that they hope people interested in adopting FiOS will adopt other cats in need of a good home.
A moment of heroism... An act of kindness ... Those moments in life when we go out of our way to make things better are special.
This may read like a lead-into an announcement of a new program, but it's not. When we talk about FiOS on the At Home Blog we're not typically referring to a furry friend, but I could not let the good deeds of two of our own Verizon employees in Queens, N.Y. last week go unapplauded.
“We were walking on the sidewalk and we heard a meowing,” said Vinny Cassidy, a Verizon field technician. “I thought it was under a car, but it was up in a tree.”
The cat was grasping onto a tree branch with one leg, with what appeared to be a cable cord tied around its neck.
Vinny’s coworker Robert Munday used the bucket on their truck to reach the choking cat, and then snipped off the cable with a pair of shears.
The one-year-old tabby – now nicknamed FiOS because the techs were out on a FiOS job – was sent to a nearby animal hospital by a member of animal rescue group Four Paws Sake. A veterinarian who examined FiOS found the cat to be severely underweight, but otherwise healthy and uninjured.
To view New York's NBC station channel 4's video news story, visit: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Verizon-Worke
If no owner is found, FiOS will be put up for adoption.
Many thanks to our FiOS heroes, Vinny and Robert!
OF NOTE: We often hear of brave and good-hearted acts of our employees. We'll do our best to share them with you here.
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Bill Kula
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