<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">A repeat from earlier this week, but with more pics.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of the New York Post at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); 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-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/tracks_astrophe_klyn_commuters_suffer_bfroCs5BhkYybPyGIFfADL" style="list-style: none; text-decoration: none; border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 40px; font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1em; ">A cat-astrophe: Subway service shut down for 2 hours after kittens wander onto tracks</a></h1><ul id="story-meta" style="list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.88em; color: rgb(127, 127, 127); font-family: arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></ul></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Two kittens caused major delays on the B & Q Trains in Brooklyn.</span></p><p style="list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left; "></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The MTA and NYPD rescued two adorable kittens from the subway tracks early this evening after they caused huge headaches for Brooklyn commuters this morning.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An MTA worker, a plainclothes cop, and a uniformed officer captured the gray and white tabby, and a black kitten from the tracks after 6 p.m. at the Church Avenue station, placing them in a milk crate.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The two kittens were initially spotted on the tracks at the Church Avenue station with a black kitten shortly before 11:05 a.m., according to witnesses.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Power was shut off between Dekalb Avenue and Brighton Beach in both directions, and public service announcements were made.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One conductor said, “There is no service to Manhattan on the Q or B line because of cats and kittens on the tracks at Church Avenue.”</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Riders had strong reactions when they learned why service was stopped.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A middle-aged, feline-hating straphanger who declined to give his name lost his temper. “Can you believe this? All for g-------- cats! I hate cats!”</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At least two MTA workers donning orange vests went down onto the tracks with a cat carrier, but the kittens ran off in opposite directions, according to witnesses.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Service was resumed two hours later, shortly before 1:10 p.m.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But the duo returned to the roadbed, and could be seen peacefully napping underneath the third rail next to several discarded iced tea bottles and batteries.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cats showcased their nine lives by avoiding being struck by the train.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After 6 p.m., the B and Q began running local service-- giving the MTA and NYPD a window for the kitty track rescue.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><img src="cid:3C0A4791-6F5C-40E8-8501-048E019014B2" alt="082913Kittens_B_Train9GSB153748--525x415.jpg" id="3C0A4791-6F5C-40E8-8501-048E019014B2" width="525" height="415"></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><img src="cid:9B3C4A0B-CDF0-45C5-B19F-86095D979E0D" alt="082913Kittens_B_Train27GSB202914--525x415.jpg" id="9B3C4A0B-CDF0-45C5-B19F-86095D979E0D" width="525" height="415"></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><img src="cid:5E23B888-3032-4FB8-A05E-BBE130391F95" alt="082913Kittens_B_Train11GSB153656--525x415.jpg" id="5E23B888-3032-4FB8-A05E-BBE130391F95" width="525" height="415"></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; list-style: none; border: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; "><img src="cid:417C3EE7-BB21-418E-A7A9-FAB38098D06E" alt="082913Kittens_B_Train37GSB202912--525x415.jpg" id="417C3EE7-BB21-418E-A7A9-FAB38098D06E" width="525" height="415"></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>