On a rain-soaked afternoon in March 2023, Jax from Cleveland, Ohio, wasn't expecting to become a hero. But fate had other plans, in the form of a frail, mud-caked creature barely clinging to life in a gutter.

"I didn't even realize she was a cat at first," Jax told Newsweek . "She was so wet, skinny, and weak that I thought she might already be gone."

The feline, later named Raina in honor of the stormy day she was found, was motionless for the entire ride home. Jax, with help from a friend named Christina, gently cleaned the grime from her fur. The next morning, Raina began to show signs of life, licking at food and slowly regaining strength.

A trip to the vets revealed that she was about 1 year old, but she weighed just 6 pounds and was suffering with fleas, tapeworms and malnourish

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