Wasabi The Cat Survives Falling Out Of An 11th Story Window
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this Sept. 5, 2013 photo, Stephanie Gustafson holds her two-year-old female cat, Wasabi, after returning from the veterinarian hospital in Juneau, Alaska. The cat survived a fall from the 11th floor of the Mendenhall Apartment building after chasing a mosquito out the window. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn) (AP2013)
One house cat had to learn the hard way not to chase mosquitoes after he followed one out a window and fell from the 11th floor of an apartment building.
Thankfully, the 2-year-old cat, named Wasabi, survived just suffered a fractured leg and broken bones.
The Juneau Empire reports that Wasabi, was chasing the mosquito Monday in her owners' apartment in Juneau, about two blocks from the state Capitol.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The mosquito escaped out a window, and Wasabi went after it. Stephanie Gustafson says her mother watched the female cat fall.
Wasabi landed in a parking lot, and Gustafson found her huddled nearby, bloody and wet from rain.
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The cat underwent an operation, and has pins and wires holding together her fractured leg and broken bones in a joint. She also is sporting a pink cast.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gustafson says Wasabi is expected to heal in about six weeks.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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