How come I never get to write a headline like this?

 

NEW York City has been pummeled by heavy rainfall that has left sea lions roaming free in the Central Park Zoo and residents stranded during their commutes. Residents from Brooklyn to Manhattan have been spotted wading through feet-deep waters on the streets, underground in the subways, and even at area airports.

The Central Park Zoo was closed due to the storm, but that didn't stop a sea lion from escaping her enclosure. Flooding caused the pool to spill over, which prompted the sea lion's escape.

"Zoo staff monitored the sea lion as she explored the area before returning to the familiar surroundings of the pool and the company of the other two sea lions," Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo and executive vice president of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Zoos and Aquarium, said in a statement.

 

 

The sea lion never breached the secondary perimeter, Breheny said.