A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon 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. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. The beauty of this, is that even though the whale was the recipient, those who helped her got so much joy from the experience also. So when we let others help us, we are actually giving them something precious too. Thanks to JC. This story was on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle.
EVEN THE MOST POWERFUL NEED HELP SOMETIMES
One of my friends sent me this - it was such a lovely story I thought I would pass on the feel good factor.
This female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps and was struggling to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso and a line tugging in her mouth.
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 as she was thanking them.
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
