Dockworker saves cat from London’s River Thames

The unexpected splash and rescue was caught on camera.

ByABC News
May 2, 2017, 9:02 AM

— -- A game of chase involving two cats along London’s River Thames ended with a big splash and a human hero.

Felix, the Royal Docks Management Authority’s cat, was captured on surveillance video fleeing from another feline and tumbling into the water.

Seconds later, a nearby dockworker ran to the scene, grabbed Felix by the scruff of her neck and pulled her to safety.

London’s Royal Docks identified Felix’s rescuer as engineering and operations manager Scott Derben.

According to the Royal Docks website, Felix “suffered no injury or trauma.”