It was “another busy day for Ithaca firefighters,” but not so busy that a crew couldn’t rescue a cat who became trapped in Titus Creek on Ithaca’s southside on Wednesday afternoon.

The Ithaca Fire Department says the cat’s owner believe the tabby may have gotten stuck while following some ducks in the stream. Firefighters arrived to find the cat perched on some rocks in the waterway near Titus and Plain Streets, unable to get back to dry land.

Crews placed a ladder into the creek and firefighter Alix Gresov entered the waterway to rescue the cat. She was soon able to return the cat to its owners’ arms.

A statement from the Ithaca Fire Department says they also responded to many other calls today, including a person in distress on the Treman Park gorge trail and a house fire in Eastern Heights.

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