Hackensack firefighters rescue cat caught eight stories up tree

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Responding to calls from concerned residents, members of the Hackensack firefighters rescued a cat this morning who was 80 feet up a tree.

Photo Credit: *Courtesy Hackensack Fire Dept. Lt. Justin Derevyanik*

Jerry DeMarco

10/25/2013 4:40 p.m.

Davis Avenue residents called police after hearing the feline crying over night in a tree at Staib Park. Ladder 1 and Engine 5 responded, and two firefighters climbed the aerial ladder.

“She was very cooperative,” the department’s Lt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

“She was brought down in a hydrant bag, to the delight of the onlooking residents,” he said. “Then she was turned over to animal control to see whether her owner could be located.”

PHOTOS: Courtesy Hackensack Fire Dept. Lt. Justin Derevyanik

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