Cupcake run ends with a kitten rescue in Sandy Springs

Welcome back. New this morning, a run to the grocery store for birthday cupcakes turns into an emergency rescue that has turned out to be one of the best things that happened to a teacher in Sandy Springs and her husband. Nicole Matahari and Brandon Liu are now the proud new owners of an unexpected addition that reminded them to appreciate life's random blessings. The day started out like many others. Nicole Matahari was heading to her school, North Springs High School, where she teaches journalism and literature. Driving to go get the cupcakes, like, I thought I heard a funny sound. I really hope that the car doesn't have any issues. Only it did, just not the kind she or her husband, Brandon Liu, thought. So we're sitting there at a red light and the person in the car in the lane next to us sitting there waving frantically, honking the lane, like beeping the horn repeatedly. And so we rolled the window down. I was like, what's up? And she's like, you guys have a kitten underneath your car right now. So he jumped out and searched underneath the car, but there was no trace of the kitten. We're all like clenched and like, please don't let there be a bump. Please don't. Please don't. This is not what we need. We don't. Please don't let there be a bump. And then there's no bump. OK, but then. And we hear. So we're both like, pull over, pull over right now. So Brandon jumped out again, just a mile away from Nicole's school. Then I start just on a whim, decide to start looking through all the different, the like the wheel arches and stuff and the first one that i that i i start looking at i just see a little tiny puff of black fur clung like clinging to life around the uh around the shock absorber and the uh and the coil spring and we're like cat found him luckily nicole had already called 9-1-1 and three sandy springs firefighters arrived on their fiery red chariot to save the day. Finally, when they pulled him out, they're like, oh yeah, we got the cat. What do we do with him? I'm like, you give me the baby. That's what you do. You give me the baby. Next, Nicole and Brandon raced to the nearest vet. And they luckily had a cancellation, like right as we're walking in, they had a morning cancellation. So we were able to walk in and get him seen. And luckily he was healthy and great. Then they had to find the right name. The first one was obvious since this happened on a Friday, but the rest has a deeper meaning. Shadow because of the color and because, you know, Halloween and the shadows and especially because he likes to, he just shadows us. He follows, like, he wants to be in our lap, behind us, everywhere. Friday's shadow is now a reminder to appreciate every moment, especially the chaotic ones. it definitely makes me believe that the universe has uh plans for everybody and everything and that you know the right things will happen at the right time uh if you just keep in you know just keep you know open ears open eyes open mind what a sweetheart oh my i love that name too Nicole was heading to get those cupcakes for her students it's something that she does monthly to celebrate their birthdays and as far as Friday Shadow is concerned the couple still has to fill out a little bit of paperwork to make sure that the adoption is uh official also want to give a shout out to Michael Addison our producer who put that story together yes for sure love that couple their energy their their personalities are just perfect i mean they love that shadow's part of the family that's a new member of the family yes exactly coming up in the next half hour