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VIDEO: Man climbs 60 feet to save cat stuck in a tree for five days

VIDEO: Man climbs 60 feet to save cat stuck in a tree for five days
Yeah, laura. Ever since he was a kid, Daniel Miller has been climbing trees, but for the last five years he's turned his childhood hobby into a career as a professional tree climber. Thank God it's spring is like the summertime. This job starts to suck. Last week he put his skills to the test making a save like no other which started off in this thrift shop. We are non profit animal rescue and our store here profits are rescue. For the past two years, furry friends, Animal rescue in Shenandoah County has made it, its mission to save the lives of animals. But just last week the group got a call to help a cat who had been stuck in a large oak tree for five days. The cat was lucky it had survived, it had survived major storms, cold weather, hot weather. Um and We put another desperate plea out for help. Local first responders were not able to get to that height and that's what Miller decided he would gear up and climb. I got a text message from one of my friends when I got home and it was like 12:00 was like, hey can you come get a cat out of a tree that's like 90 ft up in a tree? And I was like right now. And she was, yeah, right now he's been there for five days is like alright, where making his ascent with no safety line. Once he reached the top, miller began to cut the branch the cat was sitting on and that's when the branch snapped and it went down in this other tree where I didn't want it to go and then he climbed out and strapped on the tree, looked at me and let me know and I was like, you've got to be kidding me, I had to go down from right here and then spike up this tree and that's where he climbed to me. Miller was able to lower the cat down in a bag and with all the animals saved this George of the jungle swung back to his tree, given a chance for the lions to finally sleep tonight. You are amazing daniel and we appreciate it and we are going to do something special for him. We just haven't figured out what yet.
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VIDEO: Man climbs 60 feet to save cat stuck in a tree for five days
Daniel Miller doesn't have your typical job. Five years ago, he turned his tree-climbing hobby into a career. Now, the Virginia man is being recognized for using his climbing skills to rescue a cat, which was stuck 60 feet above the ground for more than five days.It all started with Furry Friends Animal Rescue got a call about the cat."The cat was lucky it had survived," Robin Bradfield of Furry Friends Animal Rescue told WSHV. "It had survived major storms, cold weather, hot weather, and we put another desperate plea out for help."When first responders couldn't get to the cat, someone reached out to Miller."I got a text message from one of my friends when I got home, and it was like 12 o'clock that said, 'Hey, can you come to get a cat out of a tree that's like 90 feet up in a tree?' And I was like, 'Right now?' And she said, 'Yeah, right now. He's been there for five days.' And I was like, 'Alright, where?'"Once he reached the cat, Miller said he was cutting the branch the cat was sitting on when it snapped. "And it went down in this other tree where I didn't want it to go and then he climbed out and strapped on the tree and looked at me and went 'meow' and I was like, you have got to be kidding me," Miller said. From there, Miller was eventually able to lower the cat down using a bag. The cat was taken to a local veterinarian and seems to be healthy."We appreciate it and we are going to do something special for (Daniel), we just haven't figured out what yet," Bradfield said.

Daniel Miller doesn't have your typical job.

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Five years ago, he turned his tree-climbing hobby into a career.

Now, the Virginia man is being recognized for using his climbing skills to rescue a cat, which was stuck 60 feet above the ground for more than five days.

It all started with Furry Friends Animal Rescue got a call about the cat.

"The cat was lucky it had survived," Robin Bradfield of Furry Friends Animal Rescue told WSHV. "It had survived major storms, cold weather, hot weather, and we put another desperate plea out for help."

When first responders couldn't get to the cat, someone reached out to Miller.

"I got a text message from one of my friends when I got home, and it was like 12 o'clock that said, 'Hey, can you come to get a cat out of a tree that's like 90 feet up in a tree?' And I was like, 'Right now?' And she said, 'Yeah, right now. He's been there for five days.' And I was like, 'Alright, where?'"

Once he reached the cat, Miller said he was cutting the branch the cat was sitting on when it snapped.

"And it went down in this other tree where I didn't want it to go and then he climbed out and strapped on the tree and looked at me and went 'meow' and I was like, you have got to be kidding me," Miller said.

From there, Miller was eventually able to lower the cat down using a bag.

The cat was taken to a local veterinarian and seems to be healthy.

"We appreciate it and we are going to do something special for (Daniel), we just haven't figured out what yet," Bradfield said.