{"id":138490,"date":"2021-09-12T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T07:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=138490"},"modified":"2021-09-12T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T07:19:15","slug":"moment-football-fans-use-american-flag-to-rescue-cat-as-it-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/moment-football-fans-use-american-flag-to-rescue-cat-as-it-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment football fans use American flag to rescue cat as it falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Feline lucky?! Quick-thinking football fans use American flag to catch falling cat at Miami football game<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shocking footage captured the moment a cat fell from the upper deck at a Miami football game before being miraculously saved by two quick-thinking fans\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The incredible video was taken at Saturday&#8217;s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The animal somehow got into Hard Rock Stadium, then got caught by one of its paws off the facade of the upper deck in the first quarter\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Video showed the feline as it desperately tried to grab on to a nearby fan&#8217;s outstretched hands before free-falling to the deck below<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The cat was not showing any signs of injury. The Cromers, other than a spilled beverage and getting sprayed by the dangling cat, were otherwise fine\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the moment quick-thinking football fans rescue a cat falling from the upper deck at a Miami stadium by using an American flag as a landing pad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cat somehow managed to enter the Hard Rock Stadium when it got stuck and caught its paws off the facade of the upper deck at Saturday&#8217;s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State at the Hard Rock Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Video shows the feline as it desperately tries to grab onto a nearby fan&#8217;s outstretched hands before free-falling to the deck below, as the watching crowd erupts into audible gasps and screams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It eventually fell to the lower level of the stadium, where fans using an American flag as a makeshift net were able to safely catch it before it was carried off to safety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/06\/47807715-9981693-image-a-1_1631426004409.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The cat managed to enter the Hard Rock Stadium when it got stuck and caught its paws off the facade of the upper deck at Saturday&#8217;s game between Miami and Appalachian State<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/07\/47807713-9981693-Video_shows_the_cat_as_it_tries_to_grab_onto_a_nearby_fan_s_outs-a-1_1631428233582.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Video shows the cat as it tries to grab onto a nearby fan&#8217;s outstretched hands before free-falling to the deck below, as the watching crowd erupts into audible gasps and screams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/06\/47807711-9981693-image-a-3_1631426021775.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It eventually fell to the lower level of the stadium, where fans using an American flag as a makeshift net were able to safely catch it before it was carried off to safety<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/07\/47807685-9981693-image-a-2_1631428273378.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It hung there for a little while with its two front paws, then one paw, then I was like, &#8216;Oh my goodness, it&#8217;s coming soon&#8217; a spectator said of the wild scene<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were trying to grab it from above and they couldn&#8217;t reach it but they were scaring it downward,&#8217; said Craig Cromer, a facilities manager at the University of Miami and season-ticket holder who with his wife Kimberly brings the flag to each home game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It hung there for a little while with its two front paws, then one paw, then I was like, &#8216;Oh my goodness, it&#8217;s coming soon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the Cromers unhooked the flag from the ties they use to keep it on a railing and hoped for the best.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The petrified cat fell, bounced a bit off the flag and eventually was secured by some in the nearby student section before being brought away by stadium security workers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/06\/47807709-9981693-image-a-4_1631426029740.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The cat was not showing any signs of injury despite the terrifying fall<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/12\/06\/47807691-9981693-image-a-5_1631426051590.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were trying to grab it from above and they couldn&#8217;t reach it but they were scaring it downward,&#8217; said Craig Cromer, a facilities manager at the University of Miami<\/p>\n<p>Miami coach Manny Diaz said he learned of the cat incident post-game. The Hurricanes held on Saturday, topping Appalachian State 25-23.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know anything about that or what was going on,&#8217; Diaz said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I&#8217;ll tell you, if the cat will help us in our red-zone offense I&#8217;m going to see if we can give it a scholarship.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The cat was not showing any signs of injury. The Cromers, other than a spilled beverage and getting sprayed by the dangling cat, were otherwise fine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Strangest thing that&#8217;s ever happened at a game,&#8217; Kimberly Cromer said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9981693\/Lucky-cat-Falling-feline-gets-saved-Miami-football-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feline lucky?! 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