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The heroic kitty had been missing since the pre-dawn hours on Monday, when Baby and her owners (Letitia Kovalovsky, seven months pregnant with twins; boyfriend Josh Omberg) escaped the fire that ravaged their house in suburban Chicago. With a bedroom blazing and smoke filling their house, Baby sprang to action when smoke detectors failed to signal an alarm. She jumped all over Omberg, rousing him from his sleep.
But when the family escaped, unharmed, from the house, Baby ran off. "Cats scared in house fires often return after the scene clears," Assistant Fire Chief Mike Weber of the Wonder Lake Fire Protection District told the Northwest Herald.
Luckily, Baby did just that on Tuesday afternoon, reports the Chicago Tribune. Apparently lured by some food left in a live trap cage that had been set on the home's front porch by Omberg, Baby was spotted sitting in the cage the day after the fire.
Omberg happily retrieved Baby from his employers, who made sure the heroic cat remained safe. "I thought she would come back," a relieved Ornberg told the Chicago Tribune.
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What wonderful news! We lost a home to fire years ago, but no one was hurt. We had a tabby cat then who looked a lot like Baby. Another one, Hubert, is sitting on my lap as I write this. You have a lot of work ahead and God bless all of you! May you and your twins do well, and Baby have a long, healthy life!
This is such good news!! I had a cat 40 years ago that saved me and my infant when my apartment filled with smoke. My bedroom had a back door to outside and I let the cats out. He could have escaped but he stayed with me until he was sure that the baby and I were safely out. All the cats came home.