Mike Sigler and his 6 year old son were fishing on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida when they heard a cat crying. After some investigation they found a kitten with her head barely above water clinging tightly to a piling. They got out a fishing net to rescue her. She’d been there for a while and had wounds that were bleeding. They wrapped her in a towel and took her home.

It’s believed that someone threw the cat off the bridge because she was in the middle of the river with miles of water to every side of her.

Nicknamed T.K. (Tough Kitty), she’s now a well-loved member of the Sigler family. Her paws are still raw and healing but she’s playful and happy in her new home.

WATCH VIDEO OF T.K. IN HER NEW HOME