{"id":74,"date":"2026-07-09T12:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:54:44","slug":"cat-survives-more-than-a-week-trapped-inside-nyc-home-that-was-sealed-by-cops-after-owners-died-unexpectedly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Cat survives more than a week trapped inside NYC home that was sealed by cops after owners died unexpectedly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turns out this old cat still had one life left.<\/p>\n

An elderly cat was rescued after spending nearly a week trapped without food or water inside a police-sealed Harlem apartment following the deaths of her owners, thanks to a determined rescuer who refused to give up.<\/p>\n

Kelly Mahoney, founder of Big Apple Cat Rescue, said she first learned about Thai, the 15-year-old tortoiseshell-tabby mix, after seeing frantic Facebook posts from friends of Jeffrey Newman and Jayson Conner asking what had happened to the couple\u2019s cat.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone knew the dogs had been taken out,\u201d Mahoney said. \u201cBut people kept asking, \u2018What about the cat?\u2019 Nobody could answer. That\u2019s when we realized she was probably still inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newman, 58, and Conner, 49, lived on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at West 150th Street and had been married since 2004. Together\u00a0they founded Backpacks for the Street<\/a>, a nonprofit that distributed backpacks filled with food, toiletries and other essentials while helping connect homeless New Yorkers with housing, jobs and other services.<\/p>\n

Conner died unexpectedly after suffering cardiac arrest, according to a Facebook post Newman shared on June 28 \u2014 the couple\u2019s 22nd anniversary.<\/p>\n