Nina Hero Cat

A Forest Park family escaped a house fire after their 5-month-old kitten, Nina, woke the mother up in the middle of the night. Though the kitten died in the fire, the family said they owe her their lives.

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OHIO BUREAU OF CRIMINAL 0:00 INVESTIGATIONS IS NOW HANDLING 0:01 THE CASE. NEW HERE AT FAMILIES 0:04 PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A 0:06 DEVASTATING FIRE. THEY 0:08 NARROWLY ESCAPED IT. THEY SAY 0:09 IT'S THANKS TO ONE SPECIAL 0:09 FOUR-LEGGED HERO. VALERIE 0:13 LYONS LIVE IN FOREST PARK 0:14 TONIGHT. SO VALERIE, THE 0:14 FAMILY TELLS YOU THEY OWE 0:15 THEIR LIVES TO THEIR PET. 0:20 >> YEAH, EVAN, THE FAMILY 0:22 TELLS ME IF THEIR 5 MONTH-OLD 0:24 KID AND HAVING JUMPED ON EACH 0:24 ONE OF THEM IN WOKEN THEM UP, 0:27 THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE 0:28 ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD 0:31 HAVE SEEN THE SMOKE AND DUST. 0:32 THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE STILL 0:32 BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE. 0:36 >> SHE LITERALLY GOT US ALL UP 0:37 OUT THE HOUSE AND IT JUST ALL 0:40 AGES HAPPENED SO QUICK 0:43 QUICKLY. 0:43 >> IT WAS AROUND 5 IN THE 0:45 MORNING SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH. 0:48 BEFORE SHE HALL FOUND HER CAT 0:49 JUST WANTED TO PLAY. THE 0:49 KITTEN WAS JUST IN MY FACE, 0:52 come back in and I'm NG BEFORE 0:52 SHE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS 0:55 WRONG. SO I PUT OUTSIDE AND I 0:56 COME BACK AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S 0:58 AWFULLY SMOKY. AND THEN I 0:58 OPENED BACK THE DOOR. AND THEN 0:59 ALL I I WAS SMOKE. IT CAME 1:02 YEAH, IT WAS LIKE LAX LACKS. 1:08 FLAMES SHOOTING UP GHT THROUGH 1:09 THE SHAFT. PART OF ONLY THEIR 1:10 HOUSE ON IMPRINT LANE WAS ON 1:12 FIRE. FLAMES SHOOTING UP FROM 1:13 A BROKEN WATER HEATER IN THE 1:14 BASEMENT. I GOT HIT WITH. I 1:17 MEAN? I CAME OUT. I WAS. JUST 1:21 COVERED IN THE HEAT WAS SO 1:24 INTENSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A 1:24 FAR ALYSSA, HER HUSBAND MARK 1:25 AND THEIR 4 YOUNG CHILDREN 1:25 MADE THEIR WAY OUTSIDE. BUT 1:28 THEIR CAT MEAN A LEADING THE 1:29 WAY. BUT 30 MINUTES LATER SHE 1:32 MAYBE SHE SCARED ME. SHE'S 1:33 HITING AT SOME POINT DURING 1:34 THE BLAZE. NINA RAN BACK 1:36 INSIDE UP TO ONE OF THE BOYS 1:38 ROOMS WHERE SHE SLEPT EVERY 1:39 NIGHT. MARK FOUNDER SHE PASSED 1:44 AWAY THAT WAS PLACE. SO SHE 1:45 JUST WENT BACK SHE WAS 1:47 COMFORTABLE. I THINK THEY SAY 1:48 NINA HAD ONLY BEEN WITH THEM 2 1:49 MONTHS, BUT WHAT SHE DID FOR 1:49 THEM THAT NIGHT LEFT A LASTING 1:53 IMPACT. THE FAMILY BURYING HER 1:54 IN THE BACKYARD WITH A 1:54 TEARFUL, THANK YOU. AND 1:55 GOODBYE. THE FIRE BURNED 2:00 THROUGH MUCH OF THE HOME. SO 2:00 THEY SPEND THEIR NIGHTS IN A 2:02 HOTEL AND THE DAYS SIFTING 2:03 THROUGH THE DAMAGE. BUT THEY 2:05 SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL THEY WERE 2:06 ALL. ALIVE AND WELL TO STILL 2:10 BE HERE TODAY AND HAVE EACH 2:12 OTHER. AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO 2:14 THEIR FOUR-LEGGED HERO. SHE 2:17 WAS LIKE LITERALLY LIKE 2:18 CALLING MY NOW FOREVER IN OUR 2:19 HEARTS DEVASTATED. 2:25 >> EVAN, THEY'RE CALLING 2:27 LITTLE NINA, THEIR FIRE HERO. 2:28 KATIE, START A CERTAINLY A 2:29 SPECIAL LITTLE THING RIGHT 2:30 THERE. NOW, THE FAMILY TELLS 2:32 FRIENDS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW 2:33 TO HELP THEM CLEAN UP THE 2:35 HOUSE. BUT THAT FIRE BURNED 2:37 FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. SO THERE 2:38 IS SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL 2:40 DAMAGE. AND I GOT A GOFUNDME 2:42 TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE 2:43 EXPENSES WILL HAVE THAT LINK 2:45 ON OUR WEBSITE REPORTING LIVE 2:47 IN