One Saturday an animal-loving family was out for a boat ride in Beaufort County, South Carolina when they spotted something that looked like an octopus at the bottom of the McTeer Bridge.

As they approached the post, they realized that it was actually a tiny, soaking wet kitten. When the little baby noticed their boat drawing nearer, he meowed pitifully to be saved.

Robert Gecy and his family steered the boat closer to the bridge, where the little kitten was clinging for dear life. He had taken refuge among the oysters, hanging on tightly with his tired paws as the tide rose around him.

"He was clinging to the oysters and I actually thought it was an octopus or bug crab from a distance. I told my son to go see and as we got closer, we saw it was a tiny kitten," Robert said to Love Meow.

The terrified kitten cried out for help once he realized that this family was coming to his rescue.

"We think someone dropped off a littler on the bridge and he fell through one of the storm drains," said Robert. "There was another kitten found on the bridge the same morning."

They reached out and plucked the little one off of the wall and raced him back to shore.

Turn the page to find out how this rescue story ends!

Now safely in the hands of his rescue family, the little orange kitten was taken to Port Royal Veterinary Hospital, where he was given blood work and chest x-rays.

Although he had a few minor scrapes, the little guy was in pretty good shape.

The Gecy family adopted the sweet little ginger baby and decided to name him McTeer, after the bridge he had been rescued from.

Little McTeer got world-class care before being brought home to start life with his new forever family. "Beaufort County is fantastic. They paid for all his vet bills and even have a $10 spay and neuter program," said Robert Gecy.

As soon as they brought him home, little McTeer snuggled into a cozy spot for some TLC with his new family.

"He is pure love! So cute and full of energy," wrote Robert. Little McTeer loves to purr and snuggle with his humans whenever he can. Maybe he's even saying 'thank you' in his own, sweet little way.

McTeer loves to cuddle, but his favorite cozy spot is on Robert's son's shoulder.

"He looked up at my son who was sitting cross-legged on the floor next to him, and crawled up in his lap," Robert told Love Meow.

The family's 11-year-old rescue cat, Toby adores his new little brother and it clearly shows! Although he acts like an old man, the bigger cat seems to like washing and taking care of his new little brother.

Two weeks later, McTeer has grown into a social kitten, full of cuddles and purrs!

"He meows all the time! He purrs when you pick him up and cuddle and he likes to sit on your chest up by your face. He is sociable and doesn't hide when new people come over. He loves people!" says Robert Gecy.

Watch little McTeer's rescue below.

We're so happy this little guy met his Earth angels that day! If you had spotted him, would you have done the same?

[h/t Love Meow]