A cat was rescued from a high ledge in Ballston this morning.
The rescue took place around 9 a.m., several stories high at the Avalon Ballston Square Apartments (850 N. Randolph Street), after the cat had walked down a ledge from an apartment balcony and its owner was unable to reach it, according to Arlington County Fire Department spokesman Lt. Brian Edwards.
Firefighters used a ladder tower to pluck the cat from the ledge without incident, Edwards said.
Edwards couldn’t recall the fire department’s last cat rescue. He noted that “we don’t get a whole lot [of cat rescues] but there are a few throughout the year.”
You've heard of rescuing cats from trees, what about off a high-rise? Good work Tower 4, Engine 2 & @AWLAArlington pic.twitter.com/XKf87mnpeY
— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) August 19, 2015
Photo courtesy @B_Flipn
