At least 87 have died in the Camp Fire, and many more will have haunting memories of this destructive disaster, but a moment of hope was captured forever when cinematographer Douglas Thron captured Shannon Jay crawling under a burned-out truck to save a frightened cat.
Thron and Jay heard the cat crying for help as they approached the truck in Paradise, California.
‘Hey sweetie, there you are,’ Jay says softly. “She’s burned to [expletive].”
The charcoal gray cat looked distressed and likely hadn’t eaten for days.
“She’s really weak,” Jay says.
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