A Reddit user’s plea for help led to a successful rescue of a kitten trapped in a storm drain near a Walmart Market in Kentucky. The user had heard the kitten meowing on Wednesday night and found it sitting in the storm drain, but police and animal control were unable to rescue it.

By Friday, the kitten was still crying for help, and the user posted about the situation on Reddit. The post gained attention, and several people went to the scene with pet supplies, lights, and rescue equipment.

Two of the people who headed to the scene were Andrew Dharamsey and his wife. They teamed up with about a dozen volunteers and members of a local dive team to search for the kitten. Dharamsey said the area where the kitten was trapped was a 12-inch drainage pipe about 30 to 40 feet from a collection pit that was about 5 to 6 feet deep.

Eventually, they were able to use an animal control grabber tool to pull the kitten closer to them and pull it out of the storm drain. Dharamsey and his wife, who foster cats through the Humane Society of Oldham County, then took the kitten home.

A Happy Ending

The couple said they have fostered more than 175 kittens and plan to rescue their newest one, whom they named Christal in honor of the Reddit user whose post first alerted them about the situation. They added that Christal is recovering well and has already started meeting her new foster siblings.

Dharamsey and his wife thanked everyone who responded to the post, saying it wouldn’t have been possible without the strangers who showed up in the rain to help save the kitten in distress.

Original reporting: WPBF West Palm Beach — read the source article.