Why does the cat only get a "perhaps"?

[draggonlaady]

http://www.wesh.com/family/5998305/detail.html

"Perhaps a cat that saved her family from a house fire on Monday night was a hero..."

Doesn't saving several people typically qualify a critter for hero-ness? (We're just assuming that saving people is a good thing here.)

Comments

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

i have no idea what that means :P

[shadowerealm.livejournal.com]

Translation:
What we have here is a failure to communicate

:-P'''

[(Anonymous)]

well, that's cuz you're speakin' silly!

My nephew Jasper (7mo old) says: ' stj j, k nf n m / vb-p b

[shadowerealm.livejournal.com]

:-P''''