Jan 22, 2008 7:46 am US/Central
Unnamed Good Samaritan Returns Cat To Fla. Owners
A Cat Who Fell Asleep Inside A Man's Suitcase Was Found By A FW Man Who Picked Up The Bag By Mistake
FORT WORTH (CBS) ―
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South Florida Sun_Sentinel
A shy 10-month-old tabby has quite a story to tell after traveling across the county inside a suitcase.
Gracie Mae's owner, Kelly Levy, was worried the morning her husband, Seth, left for a flight to North Texas. They hadn't seen their cat since the early evening.
Levy searched the usual places a cat afraid of loud noises and humans would hide -- including a crawl space in the wall of the bathroom. She even had some of the tiles removed to make sure the recently-spayed and still-recovering kitten wasn't stuck.
"I started to tear the house apart. I was frantic. I couldn't find her," the 24-year-old told
The South Florida
Sun -Sentinel .
She even posted "lost cat" signs in her neighborhood.
As Kelly Levy searched for the kitten, her husband couldn't find his suitcase when he landed at DFW baggage claim.
It turns out someone else picked up the suitcase and found the lost pet tucked in Mr. Levy's clothes.
As Levy told the newspaper, the man who retrieved her husband's bag called to tell her of his surprised find.
The man agreed to hold onto Gracie Mae until Seth could pick her up later Saturday, Mrs. Levy said.
Gracie Mae returned safely home Sunday night on an $80 plane ticket, the newspaper reported.
A grateful Levy thanked the "wonderful Good Samaritan who took care of my cat and even bought her a pet taxi for the flight home."
Calls to the number Levy captured on her cell phone went unanswered, she told the paper. So, the identity of the kind-hearted Texan remains unknown.
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