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NYC 'zombie' finds Long Island cat in Times Square

Usually it’s zombies causing a disaster, not saving the day.

A Times Square haunted house promoter in full zombie makeup is being credited with rescuing a cat that disappeared from his Long Island owner’s home two years ago.

Jeremy Zelkowitz says he spotted Disaster the cat crossing 42nd street early Saturday morning.

Zelkowitz dropped Disaster off at a nearby animal hospital, where staff scanned a microchip that had been implanted in the cat. The chip identified his last owner as New York City police officer Jimmy Helliesen (HEL-ih-suhn).

Helliesen said Thursday he adopted Disaster two years ago, but the cat fled after six months. Helliesen doesn’t know how Disaster ended up in Manhattan, saying his journey must have been “quite an adventure.”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News

Jeremy Zelkowitz, Zombie, Saves Disaster The Cat In Times Square; Cop’s Feline Missing For 2 Years

By The Huffington Post News Editors

And you thought zombies were only in it for brains.

A zombie whose job is to stalk the streets of New York City put his undead instincts on hold Saturday to save a cat that was darting through traffic. What 22-year-old Jeremy Zelkowitz didn’t know is that this particular cat — named Disaster — had been missing from his NYPD cop owner for two years, the New York Daily News reports.

Zelkowitz wears a blood-colored jacket and dark makeup to attract passersby to Times Scare, a house of horrors near Times Square in Manhattan. So onlookers were surprised to see him in costume, chasing a black cat down the street on Saturday.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post