smoke eating cat

[CaptainTom]

Came upon a fire scene today and was captivated by the firemen trying to give oxygen to a cat that had been in the house and eaten a lot of smoke.

[JamesB]

nice captures and a good story this makes

James

[Jake]

Those last 2 are awesome!
Great job Tom.

[CaptainTom]

Thanks Jakestr

#4 made page 7B of the Star-Telegram today...

A fairly rare "stand alone photo" with no story except the caption.

[engstrom]

Captain, nice job on those pics especially the last one. I can see the the Star Telegram ran that one without a story. The picture tells a story all by itself without any help from text.

[bburton]

I too enjoyed seeing your work in today's FWST. When I saw the photo, I said: "Hey, I know who took that!"

Kudos to you.

[Lissa]

A big guy in firefighting uniform, caring for the kitty?

*melt*

[cdmac]

Excellent story and pictures Capt. Tom...

Thanks for sharing...

[Roy]

I knew I should of finished looking thru the star telegram this morning. Good job Tom!
Made me go back to see it in the paper.

[wyatt]

Good job! I like the shots a lot. Congrats on the one in the paper!

Wyatt

[CaptainTom]

Thanks everybody. It was interesting in the respect that I have a scanner in my car, but didn't hear this call which was just a few blocks from my home. I just happened to get there by chasing the fire truck.
I guess it would be too much to hope that the ST would have run it in color........
I am thinking of making a print of the shot and taking it to the firehouse....
I don't know if this fireman is getting ribbed for reviving a cat or not, but I think he is a hero.

This is how it ran:

Eight lives left (photo only)
Fort Worth firefighter Starrett Keele gives oxygen to a cat rescued from a house fire in the 5500 block of Sam Calloway Road. The cat, the only one home, survived

[snidow]

Nice shot and a good story too, I saw it on the yahoo dallas news page! Congrats Tom!

[markperez]

CaptainTom I like the shots and the fact that these guys risked their lives to save the family pet.

Business question. Did you get paid for the photo?

[shoyles]

These photos tell a great story. Well done.

[Mervin_D]

Great shots, great story. I particularly like the last two.

Mervin_D