An unwitting cat locked inside a NYCHA apartment in Brooklyn after its owner died was lucky to escape with at least one of its nine lives after quite an ordeal. The story begins with neighbors on Linden Street in Bushwick who realized the woman who used to live here had passed away. “The smell was so bad, so we had to call. They came and knocked the door down. They took her out and then they left the door open. Some hazmat guys came and they threw some kind of chemical in there,” neighbor Javier Rosario said. The grim discovery was made a couple of weeks ago, but soon after came the meowing. NBC 4 New York on Twitter: 4.nbcny.com/kAuuwUN NBC 4 New York on Facebook: 4.nbcny.com/mbeh714 NBC 4 New York on Instagram: 4.nbcny.com/g5YlkcI NBC 4 New York on Youtube: 4.nbcny.com/iTUpy5e #Pets #NYC #Cats #NYCHA ----------------------------------------------- NBC 4 New York / WNBC is the flagship station of the NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUnive...