How a house cat miraculously survived weeks lost on Governors Island: 'Really exciting'

"It's pretty astounding," Governors Island overnight caretaker, Tristan Mariner, told The Post. "He clearly had some good instinct. He was in an area that had a heated bathroom cart, which we're assuming he lived under - and that's where we found him."

Mariner added that the 15-pound cat appeared well-fed and healthy when he was rescued Dec. 8 and probably hunted mice and sifted through the island's various compost bins to stay alive. "He must've been eating good somehow," Mariner remarked, "but he was certainly relieved to have a handful of sardines when I saw him."

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