Kitten Finds Forever Home After Being Rescued By Fire Dept.

PLAINFIELD, IL — The Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to the area in front of Rosati's Pizza neat 127th St. and Route 59, where a kitten had crawled inside the engine compartment of a vehicle and was afraid to get out.

A couple parked next to the car heard the kitten meowing and found the owner of the vehicle. Firefighters were able to coax the kitten out of the engine compartment with anchovies from Rosati’s. Once free of the engine compartment, she started to run and ended up jumping into a storm drain, the fire department said.

Officials then opened both ends of the storm drain and a blanket was lowered into it in hopes of catching the kitten. Eventually, she came towards the blanket and was brought up to safety. She was transported to a local veterinarian to be checked out and a short time later one of the rescuers, Lt. Eric Jensen and his family, adopted the kitten and named her Rosie since she was originally found in front of Rosati’s.

Rosie has a cat-sister and a dog-brother and is adjusting well to her new life as a house cat. Rosie was rescued by Lt. Eric Jensen who was assisted by Battalion Chief Mike Obman, Firefighter/Paramedic Lorin Eichelberger and Firefighter/EMT Dan Saviano.

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