In the midst of the horror of the Alberta floods, a "symbol of hope" has emerged in the form of a cat named Momo. As I share this story, I do not intend to minimize the atrocity and impact of the Alberta floods and downplay the lives lost, but to simply share a happy story of a nice young man and his cat, "swimming sensation Momo."
Swimming sensation Momo the cat escapes Alberta floods (CBC)
An eight-month-old cat's swimming prowess was put to the test this week during a dramatic escape from a truck sinking in Alberta floodwaters.
Momo the cat and her guardian, Kevan Yeats, have been in the spotlight since they were photographed Thursday by The Canadian Press swimming to safety as Yeats's pickup truck was swept downstream in High River, Alta., after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.
The images captured international attention and the pair was even deemed "a symbol of hope" amid the flood devastation by the British newspaper The Times.
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