They may be just a few weeks old, but four kittens already have quite a life story. The young felines are recovering after they were rescued from inside a bag thrown in the trash in Brooklyn.

Cats have nine lives, according to lore, but if it weren’t for the quick action of a good Samaritan and the hard work of a cat rescue and shelter organization, four newborn kittens would have missed out on their nine lives just days after their first one had begun.