A 50-foot female humpback whale became
entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. The whale was weighted down
by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She
also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her tail, her torso and
a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of
the Farallone Islands
(outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental
group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that
she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her –
a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.
They worked for hours with curved
knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in
what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver,
one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around – she thanked them. Some
said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.
The guy who cut the rope out of her
mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the
same.
May you, and all those you love,
be so blessed and fortunate… to be surrounded by people who will help you get
untangled from the things that are binding you.
And, may you always know the joy of
giving and receiving gratitude.
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