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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