Make New York Post a Preferred Source A pet cat missing since last week’s deadly Brooklyn building collapse has been found and reunited with its owner after days of searching the rubble, officials announced Sunday.
The newly found kitty named Isaac belongs to Zariah Coleman, who had tearfully recalled the moments after she realized her home was gone in a press conference last week.
“Isaac is now receiving the veterinary care he needs. We’re grateful to everyone who helped bring them back together,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X.
Videos of Isaac’s rescue were also shared to social media, with rescue workers lifting the cat — meowing loudly — away from the ruins in a carrier and back to its overwhelmed owner.
Coleman had said the first thing she thought about after the collapse was her feline friend, recalling rushing home to try and find him after Wednesday’s tragedy in Flatbush.
However, she soon realized she’d be unable to do so, given the state of the building.
She recalled wanting to search for her pet, but was unable to access the rubble.
Coleman said she was told that people had tried to find Isaac, and she was worried that he could be hiding because he was frightened.
“I just really hope they come and get our cat,” the teen had said before Isaac was found safe.
Mamdani credited the city Department of Buildings, Flatbush Cats and the Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare for helping locate Isaac.
“We’re grateful to everyone who helped bring them back together,” the mayor’s post read.
Eight people were killed, and 19 were injured when the Flatbush Avenue apartment building crumpled to the ground.
