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Elderly man earns praise after video of him rescuing stranded cat with chair goes viral

Seeing the chair as help, the cat visibly scared hesitated for a while, then finally mustered the courage and took a plunge and sat on the chair, as the man carefully lowered it.

The video was first shared by a popular Pakistani meme page on Facebook. (Source: Ali’s Diary/Facebook)

In a video that’s going viral across social media sites, an elderly man is seen holding up a plastic chair up to rescue a scared cat that’s stranded on a ledge and he’s being praised online for his actions.

In the video, the cat is seen hesitating and then finally jumps onto the chair. It then sits on the chair as the man carefully lowers it, and as soon as it nears the ground the animal jumps off and runs into an alley.

While it’s not clear when and where it was shot, the video was first shared on a popular Pakistani page on Facebook where it was viewed over 1 million times. Other pages have since shared it and the video has been viewed thousands of times.

Watch the video here:

The video struck a chord with many online, and the old man came in for praise from multiple people.

 

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