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| 525.1 |  | NETWKS::GASKELL |  | Mon Mar 29 1993 06:24 | 5 | 
|  |     I saw less than you did Judy; I only caught that the firemen had
    adopted them and one was called Smudge and the other Blaze.  
    Although I usually skip over stories that involve animals, I get too 
    upset, I would be interested in finding out the whole story before
    summer reruns.
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| 525.2 | Good ending! | DELNI::MANDILE | with an e | Mon Mar 29 1993 06:40 | 17 | 
|  |     I caught the whole thing.....it was filmed by a news cameraman....
    
    A trailer home caught on fire, and the fire department
    had put it out.  They checked the place out to see if
    any humans were inside, and one of the firemen could hear 
    kittens crying.  Out of the litter, 1 kitten was in bad
    shape.  The fireman started CPR on the kitten, trying to
    save it.  Another fireman joined in by using the oxygen
    on the kitten, while the CPR was being done.  After about
    15-20 mins of working on the kitten, a spark of life showed
    when the kitten moved it's legs.  They continued CPR, and
    were able to bring the kitten back!
    
    The fireman adopted this kitten, naming him "Smudge".  Smudge
    means in fireman lingo "a small fire".  One of the other firemen
    who helped adopted another kitten from the litter, and named it
    "Blaze".  (I think there were 4 kittens in the litter) 
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| 525.3 |  | GOOEY::JUDY | Reaching for a four leaf clover | Mon Mar 29 1993 10:39 | 7 | 
|  |     
    
    	Ah!  ok, thanks!  I wasn't sure how they came upon the
    	kittens....  makes sense.  =)
    
    	JJ
    
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| 525.4 | Very heartwarming! | STUDIO::COLAIANNI | I think, therefore I think I am | Mon Mar 29 1993 11:30 | 8 | 
|  |     I watched this program, and I wanted to hug that fireman! What a guy! I
    was in tears by the end of that segment! ;-) It didn't surprise me when
    they said he had adopted little "Smudge" though. It would have
    surprised me if he DIDN'T! ;-)
    
    Great story! Glad that camera man got it on film!
    
    Yonee
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| 525.5 | A similar incident happened on our street.. | ISLNDS::FALLON |  | Mon Mar 29 1993 12:27 | 6 | 
|  |     You don't know where that happened do you?  I live in a trailer park
    that had a fire in it last year.  The woman who lived there had several
    cats ( I think she actually bred bengals or occicats).  I heard that
    she was so upset about losing some of her animals that she had to be
    hospitalzed for her own protection.  I guess she is doing fine now.
    Karen
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| 525.6 | Not Massachusetts I don't think... ;-) | STUDIO::COLAIANNI | I think, therefore I think I am | Mon Mar 29 1993 12:47 | 9 | 
|  |     I don't remember where the incident happened, but none of the players
    had Massachusetts accents! ;-) The kittens looked like DSH tabbies. The
    little guy who got CPR performed on him was a real cutie, as were his
    siblings. They had no idea what was hapening to them, and they just
    huddled together. I don't know where mom cat was, they never mentioned
    her, but the kittens looked too young to be weaned yet, so I assume she
    was all right. (hopefully she's now spade though)
    
    Yonee
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| 525.7 | Nice ending to a fire story | VIA::COLBURN |  | Mon Mar 29 1993 14:45 | 18 | 
|  |     Thanks.  Nice story, I saw the last part of it too.  Glad to hear
    the whole story.
    
    Glad to hear what the name Smudge means...my youngest kitty's
    named Smudge and she sure is a "Little fire...a little
    firecracker that is!"  We called her Smudge (or Smudgie once
    in a while too) because she's the color of a smudged finger
    print.  She's blue (grey) with gold colored eyes.  
    
    What a doll she's turned out to be.
    
    Glad there was a happy ending to the fire story.  Wonder what ever
    happened to Mommy cat?
    
    :-)
    
    Robin and Bosco, Money and Smudge
    
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| 525.8 | watch where you pahk that cah | YODA::HUTCHESON | the revolution will not be televised | Wed Mar 31 1993 08:34 | 7 | 
|  |     I think I remember reading this in the paper some time ago..don't
    recall where it was, but lack of an accent doesn't mean it wasn't
    MASS. Once you get past Worcester (going west), pronunciation returns
    to normal. ;^)
    
    
                                           Susan (from western Mass.)
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