NEW YORK -- A New York cat is counting his lives after taking a 20-story plunge on the Fourth of July.

The owners of Glouchester -- known as G to his owners -- were out of town for a long weekend. They cracked a window as they left, not thinking their cat would even notice.

"In all the years we've been here, he's never even looked at the window, let alone peeked his head out or anything," said Barry Myers, Glouchester's owner.

But the Myers got a call on the Fourth saying their cat had taken quite a tumble.

"I assume he saw something and leaned out and tried to take a swing at it," said Myers.

The black cat turned out to be pretty lucky, surviving the concrete landing. Vets said that the towering apartment window may have actually helped G survive.

"According to the vet, when you're 10 floors or above, you actually have an increased chance of surviving it because you have a chance to kind of right yourself and get ready to land," said Myers.

He said a woman walking her dog found G, got him some water and called for help. Myers said G was pretty shaken up and a little bruised, but nothing was broken.

He said Glouchester is back to being a cat saying, "He's getting around pretty good right now, and he's eating. He seems relatively happy, all things considered, and he curled up on the couch with me and watched TV."