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CINCINNATI - A Forest Park family says they owe their life to their kitten, who warned them of the fire that would eventually destroy everything they owned.
“At 5 a.m., Nina woke us up,” Allysa said. “Our kitten jumped on the sheets, like all of a sudden I wake up and she’s in my face.” The couple and their four young children escaped the flames barely in time. Allysa says Nina got outside with them too. But some time later, she says, after crews put the flames out, there was no sign of her.
The family had just paid off the home, and they didn’t have insurance. They’re currently staying in a hotel, according to a“It’s really starting to set in now that everything is gone,” Marc said. “It’s definitely a challenging time. We feel like, if it wasn’t for the cat, we may not have gotten out in time.”“She mimicked each one of our children,” Allysia said. “Like my 5-year-old, rambunctious, off the walls.
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