A cat has left spectators stunned by dangling and falling from a stadium during a college football game.
The incident took place at an NCAA division game between the Miami Hurricanes and Appalachian State Mountaineers at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday (September 11), News.com.au reports.
The cat was first spotted by shocked spectators hanging from the upper deck of the stadium as it held on for dear life.
Watch the viral footage of the incident below:In the video, the cat can be seen precariously dangling from the top floor of the stadium with both paws before it eventually loses its grip with one and then the other.
Thankfully, the animal had been spotted by fans, who came together to use an American flag to catch the animal during its inevitable fall.
The animal was then successfully caught in the flag and avoided what would have most likely been a deadly injury.
One of the spectators who helped to save the cat then lifted the animal up after it was saved, promoting a jubilant reaction from the crowd.
Needless to say, the footage of the cat did not go unnoticed on Twitter, and at the time of writing, it has been viewed more than 4.8 million times.
Reacting to the footage, NFL writer John Breech wrote: "As someone who has seen every cat video ever on the internet, I can unequivocally say that this is simultaneously the most dramatic and mesmerizing cat video of all-time. #HardRockCat"
Brandon Sullivan added: "This is nuts but a huge shout out to those fans for quick thinking! Yay for a safe kitty. #HardRockCat"
A third viewer wrote: "Holy s**t. Yeah. 'Save the cat.' That was definitely one of its 9 lives."
A fourth remarked: "Damn, never thought I'd see an American flag used for something good."
Meanwhile, a fifth commented on how the cat was treated after being saved, writing: "I went from scary to amazing to 'holy crap quit manhandling the cat.'"
"They were trying to grab it from above and they couldn‘t reach it but they were scaring it downward," Craig Cromer, a facilities manager at the University of Miami, told ESPN.
"It hung there for a little while with its two front paws, then one paw, then I was like, 'Oh my goodness, it's coming soon.'"
The footage of the incident was so popular that the hashtag #HardRockCat began to trend on Twitter.