Kittens survive third rail

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Oct 18, 2013

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AWWW! Arthur (left) and August cozy up, a day after they shut down two Brooklyn subway lines with their underground adventures. Animal Care and Control of NYC

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Kittens subway Brooklyn Gabriella Bass

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Kittens on Third Rail Gabriella Bass

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Kittens on Third Rail Gabriella Bass

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STOP AND FRISKY: Officer Jason Bolger rescues a gray tabby that, along with another kitten, had been hiding out under the third rail. Gabriella Bass

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AND THAT’S TWO: MTA worker Nathaniel Howard rescues the second cat. Gabriella Bass

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Gabriella Bass

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TAILS & RAILS: Two kittens frolic on the tracks — a whisker from the third rail — at Brooklyn’s Church Avenue station yesterday, prompting officials to halt trains on the B and Q lines. Gabriella Bass

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Two city kitties, including this peekaboo cutie, decided to take a catnap under the third rail at the Church Avenue station in Brooklyn yesterday — stopping trains in their tracks for two hours. Gabriella Bass

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Kittens on Third Rail Gabriella Bass

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Kittens on Third Rail Gabriella Bass

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Two kittens caused major delays on the B & Q Trains in Brooklyn. Gabriella Bass

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