Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- New York firefighters said they rescued a police officer who became stranded 30 feet up in a tree while attempting to rescue a cat. Firefighters said the uniformed police officer got stranded in the tree Monday near Public School 213 in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens while attempting to reach a cat stuck in the tree, the New York Daily News reported Thursday. Advertisement Ladder Co. 160 said the officer was rescued after about 20 minutes. Read More Bike theft suspect flees up tree Man stuck upside down in tree Boy, 13, spends hours in tree Boy, 7, rescued from tree 'Lucky' woman rescued from tree