Nooker
04-20-2007, 11:55 AM
>A female humpback whale who 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 FarraloneIslands (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 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.
>
> I pass this on to you, my friend, in the same spirit.
> 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 FarraloneIslands (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 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.
>
> I pass this on to you, my friend, in the same spirit.