A New Jersey family adopted two kittens a decade earlier; soon after, one slipped out a window and disappeared. They searched everywhere — fliers, shelters, neighbors — but their kitten never resurfaced. In November 2024 a Good Samaritan brought a stray cat to the Montclair Township Animal Shelter. Staff scanned for a microchip and "BINGO. MICROCHIP AND REGISTERED!" The family still had the same phone number, and on Friday, November 14, Asa came home.