The fire had not yet been completely extinguished when a firefighter came out carrying something in his arms.
It was a calico cat, her eyes wide open with fright, rescued from a burning house in the Airport Heights neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska. The firefighter from Station 907, still wearing his mask and with his suit covered in soot, did not wait to take off his gear before doing the most important thing: looking for her owner.
He found her among the people watching from a distance. He walked over and, without saying a word, placed the cat in her hands. She smiled when she recognized her and held her against her chest as if she were reclaiming something she thought she had lost.