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Officers saved trapped kitten from car engine

Two kindhearted Queens cops saved a kitten from near-certain death by freeing it from under a car hood.

The frightened cat was meowing so loudly that neighbors called for help at around 10 a.m. on Thursday, witnesses said.

Ellis Kaplan
Officers Marisol Torres and Chris Bergin, of the 102nd Precinct, used a Slim Jim to unlock the door of the Honda, which was parked at 127th Street and Kew Gardens Road, before popping the hood.

Once free, the feline made a break for it — jumping out of the engine and hiding under the car.

Lying belly-down on the street, the cops finally coaxed the cat out.

Bergin said he plans to adopt it.

Earlier, concerned neighbors had heard the cat and left notes on the car, warning its owner not to start the engine.

“Hello!!! There is a kitten stuck in your hood. The fire department came to help but they weren’t able to get it out,” read one note, which was apparently written before the two police officers arrived.

“Please do not turn on the car otherwise that kitten will die!!!”

Another note, in all caps, proclaimed, “CAT TRAPPED IN HOOD. DO NOT START YOUR CAR UNTIL YOU OPEN YOUR HOOD.”

In September 2013, Torres rescued a 3-year-old boy found wandering around Bushwick, Brooklyn.