practiced of all , Nicole Toney adopted Ducky into her growing pet family .
Lounging in her raw home with her new dog and cat-o'-nine-tails sibling , Ducky the cat sure as shooting has a lot to be thankful for — specifically her Modern mom ’s bravery , digestive fortitude , and luncheon dampen timing .
Back in November , Ducky was fawn on the ledge of the Veteran ’s Memorial Bridge in Texas , more than 100 feet above the Neches River and feet aside from speeding vehicles . That ’s when Nicole Toney spotted her , looped her car around , pulled over , and face her material fright of heights to scoop the pussycat off the ledge .
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Toney captured the tomentum - raising deliverance in a video sheposted to TikToklate last calendar week . So far , it ’s earned more than 14.5 million views .
" [ I ] legitimately felt like I was going to spew the entire time , " Toney aver in afollow - up picture .
Toney station seven TV to her TikTok account ( nicoletoney ) that excuse how she saved Ducky — so named because she ’s a " lucky duck’s egg . " It all began on her tiffin break .
She ’d gone to her Bridge City , Texas home plate during her breach and was intersect the bridge — which sitsmore than 140 feet above the river — on her way back to employment . That ’s when she noticed a bird near the ledge and the nearby kitten . ineffectual to stop then , she took four minutes to loop back around .
Back on the bridge , she draw over onto the berm . It was a wordy Clarence Day , she order , with cars zipping by doing around 70 miles per hour . Objectively chilling , but she had a job to do .
" I could n’t leave her there . That would ’ve been dread . I could n’t hold up with myself if I had just left her there , " Toney say on TikTok .
Even though she was " petrified , " Toney grabbed Ducky ’s neck opening to immobilize her and carried her back to the motorcar . She called her husband , who told her to get Ducky some food and bedding material before they determine what to do with her . How she get on the bridge is still unsung , but Toney mentioned some masses will forsake their beast in the expanse .
They resolve to keep Ducky , and she joined their clan of five dog and two cat — all saving . She suit in well with them — particularly with hergolden retrieversibling — but she is a littleskittish , so Toney insure a Alexander Melville Bell to her collar for when she decides to obscure .
woefully , one of Toney ’s other cats , Mabel , unravel away two eld ago , leave the other CT , her brother Nigel , alone .
" [ That ’s ] why I passably much live the 2d I snap her off the bridge that we were gon na keep her because she also looks a lot like Mabel , " Toney says .
