Recent headline of the San Francisco Chronicle. Female humpback whale who had become
entangled in a spiderweb of crab traps and line 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,
tail, torso and a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman
spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands 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 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 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.
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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