Hero Cat
Published: April 23, 2007
A fast thinking feline is being credited with saving the lives of her family.
Winnie the cat woke up members of the Keesling family last month when their house began to fill with deadly carbon monoxide gas.
Cathy Keesling says she was confused at first.
“It was like one o’clock in the morning and she came came over to my hair and kept pulling at me. All of a sudden she starts this screaming, real loud trying to wake me up, when I walked around here, I felt sick.”
Even though she was sick and confused, Cathy managed to pick up a phone and dial 9-1-1.
Cathy Keesling says Winnie deserves all the credit for saving their lives.
“If it wasn’t for Winnie screaming and hollering and carrying on we wouldn’t be here today.”
Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy Dean Landon was one of the first responders to the scene, and agrees with Cathy’s assessment.
“Even if it had been another five minutes, the outcome would have been horrible, would have been a coroner’s case for sure.”
The Keeslings eventually traced the carbon monoxide leak to a gas powered pump in their basement.
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