Sad fate of Jack the lost-and-found cat unites Americans in grief
LARA MARLOWE
AMERICA: JACK THE Cat seized the collective insight in the US. Now he has united thousands of Americans in grief.
It started last August 25th, when Karen Pascoe (42) checked in for an American Airlines trip from New York to San Francisco with her pet cats, Jack and Barry. Pascoe was moving to San Jose, where she had found a job with a software company.
Just before boarding, Pascoe received a call on her quick phone. Jack and Barry’s carriers had been stacked one on top of the other in the baggage section. When Jack’s pen fell over, it unlocked and Jack escaped, a memo from the Department of Transportation explained later.
Hurricane Irene was barrelling towards the eastern seaboard. Parts of New York were being evacuated. The airport was to be bar down. Attempts to find Jack were delayed by several days.
The Facebook page started by Pascoe’s sister, called “Jack the Cat is Irrecoverable in AA Baggage at JFK”, would eventually have 23,000 friends.
Source: Irish Times