A West Sussex Firefighters came to the aid of a cat who was discovered down a well after going missing for two days.

The six-year-old pet, named Charlie, was spotted floating on a broken piece of wood about 20 feet down a well close to where he lives.
The West Sussex Fire and Rescue Technical Rescue Unit (TRU) managed to lower a team member down to pluck the fortunate feline to safety.
The team were deployed to the property in West Chiltington on Sunday afternoon.

TRU Watch Manager Mick Lewin said:
“Charlie had an incredibly lucky escape, and he was very fortunate to be able to climb onto the wooden well cover which had also fallen down the well to keep himself out of the water.

“When we arrived we quickly realised the only way of getting Charlie out safely was to go down inside the well ourselves using a line rescue and bring him out.

“This was quite a challenging rescue because the well was quite narrow, but fortunately we were able to lower a member of the crew down safely, and after some negotiations and reassurances, he was able to retrieve Charlie back up to safety.
“We were so pleased to be able to reunite him with his owners, and thankfully he wasn’t injured despite his ordeal.
“But I think it is safe to say that he has definitely used up one of his nine lives during this escapade.”

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