If you read a recent front page story of the SF Chronicle , you would have read about a female humpback whale that had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She 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 body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.
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 about an hour 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 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.
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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Viewing this may change your perspective.
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it." ~Maya Angelou~
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Here since: Mar 19, 2008
Female, 25
student
Richmon, KY, US
Languages: english
You (2000USD)+ Me (me:) = NEW ZEALAND! (I neeeeeed to go there. ok, I want to....really, really, really, really, really, bad! My love would be very appreciative as well :)
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