BOSWELL, Okla. (KDKA) — A group of children in Boswell, Oklahoma are hailed as heroes after saving a kitten from drowning, according to CBS affiliate KWII.

The fourth graders were playing outside after school when they heard a loud cry. When they found the source of the noise, they were stunned.

“They found a kitten in a bucket,” Tiffany Rubio said.

“I was scared,” one of the kids said.

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That loud cry turned out to be a kitten fighting for her life as an elderly woman is about to drown it.

“I thought she was gonna hurt the cat,” one child said.

Though it is not known how many were killed, the kids begged for the one kitten they saw. The kids, who live with foster parents, stepped up to make sure the kitten would find a home.

“Whenever they told me what had gone down, I was like I can’t believe someone would do this to an animal. The kitten was covered in fleas and starving,” Rubio said.

Rubio contacted Linda Arnold, who fosters kittens in Sherman, and now Arnold is taking care of the kitten at her house until she is healthy enough to be adopted.

The woman attempting to drown the kittens is not facing charges.