Overview
- Pixie, a white and gray cat, was stuck high in a backyard tree for nearly two days during Providence’s record 37.9-inch blizzard.
- After neighbors’ attempts failed and officials declined due to unsafe conditions, Heather MacKinnon posted the situation on Nextdoor.
- Matthew Lyons, an Ironworkers Local 37 member, and his sister saw the post and made their way through deep snow to the site in East Providence.
- Using a chicken-wire fence to reach low branches, Lyons free-climbed an estimated 40 to 50 feet, then secured Pixie in his sweatshirt and later a backpack to descend.
- Pixie was cold and shaken but was returned to her owner and is reported to be doing well.