Just thought I'd share these images, which were originally posted on Twitter, of the courageous raccoon that made her way to the top of the 25-story UBS Tower in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier today. The raccoon (nicknamed "MPR Raccoon" by Minnesota Public Radio news reporters who initially covered the animal's brave exploits), was stuck on the skyscraper for the past two days...having been scared off from a neighboring office block by city workers on Tuesday morning, only to start scaling the UBS building soon thereafter. I myself didn't notice the #MPRraccoon hashtag on Twitter till last night. Once I saw it, I kept refreshing the page till midnight as I waited for new tweets to appear reporting on the latest progress made by this furry daredevil.
Evan Frost | MPR News
I went to sleep around midnight after it became apparent that the raccoon was taking a nap on a ledge after she changed course and initially made her way a couple of stories down the UBS Tower. When I woke up around 7 this morning, I quickly retrieved my smartphone and clicked on the Twitter app...only to pleasantly see that MPR Raccoon was already on the rooftop of the skyscraper, and most likely sitting inside a cage feasting on cat food that was waiting for her!
If you had a choice between rescuing Trump, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell or #MPRraccoon from the ledge of a tall building, what would you feed MPR Raccoon after you both safely returned to the ground?
— Richard Par (@RichTPar) June 13, 2018
Just like the feelings of other folks who also kept tabs on the trash panda's exploits, this happy conclusion was quite the morale booster! At a time when Donald Trump's latest destabilizing move is to legitimize a brutal communist dictator by meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore (making history by showing an American president who's willing to make amends with an adversary that slaughtered millions of people in his own country, while at the same time shunning long-standing U.S. allies like Canada, France and Germany), it was refreshing to see a little creature beat the odds by accomplishing a daring feat that could've easily resulted in her death. MPR Raccoon exemplified that with determination, stamina and a little rest, anything is possible. Including getting through a lousy administration (and the complicit Republican Party that enables it) whose shenanigans have been wreaking havoc on America since the day Trump was sworn in. Happy Hump Day.
Evan Frost | MPR News
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