'Dropped out of there like a snack in a vending machine': Construction crew hears kitten's cries for help from inside heavy Komatsu machinery, they save him, give him his own hard hat, and make him part of the team

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Aug 28, 2026 4:45 PM EDT

What would a bunch of grown, manly construction workers do with a poor, helpless kitten stuck in one of their Komatsu vehicles? Rescue it, adopt it, and make it part of the family, obviously!

One of our furvorite categories of cat pictures is "big, manly guys smitten with teeny tiny kittens". There's been a stereotype going around for a long time that dogs are "boy animals" and cats are "girl animals", but that couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, I've never seen a grown man not turn into a puddle of cuteness and go into a ridiculously high baby voice when holding a baby kitten. No matter what gender you are, it's instinctual. Their cuteness is universal, and also all-powerful. Even the most evil supervillain could be turned into a babbling ball of pawsitivity when holding a tiny, meowing kitten.

And that's exactly what happened in @riverreachconstruction's video on Instagram. After hearing this tiny orange kitten's cries stuck inside some heavy machinery, they got to work on getting him out. Unable to reach him from the top, they unscrewed a part from the bottom, et voila! The kitten literally fell through onto the ground like a snack dropping out of a vending machine. They cleaned her, fed and hydrated her, and promptly fell in love with her overwhelming cuteness. After getting him his own purrsonal-sized hard hat and safety vest, they knew he had to officially become part of the team.

Her name is Sue, and she's the internet's new favorite construction mascot. You can follow her journey purrmanently here, but for now, enjoy this rescue video and all the cute pictures of her below!

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There she is! You can see her as that little orange blob in the center, above. She was stuck literally inside the engine compartment of the machine, and this kind of machinery isn't meant to be easily reachable inside. How she got in there is anybody's guess, but if she hadn't been so vocal, she might never have been found. Sometimes, it pays to scream your little head off until someone listens!
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As Sue is still pretty young, she's going to be going back and forth with the shop's mechanic until she's old enough to be a purrmanent shop cat. That won't be so long, though, as kittens grow very fast!
Imagine your construction business getting famous overnight because of a cat rescue. Never in a million years would they have guessed that this would be their claim to fame.
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'Dropped out of there like a snack in a vending machine': Construction crew hears kitten's cries for help from inside heavy Komatsu machinery, they save him, give him his own hard hat, and make him part of the team

What would a bunch of grown, manly construction workers do with a poor, helpless kitten stuck in one of their Komatsu vehicles? Rescue it, adopt it, and make it part of the family, obviously!

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