This picture makes me want to cry, but it also gives me a bit of hope. I am choosing to believe that the cat and owner, against the odds, will be happily reunited.
UPDATE, 8/22/2011: Thanks to an update from Tamar at I Have Cat, I now know that the cat was saved. No word on whether it was reunited with its human staff.
Dan, you just made me cry. 🙁