If you saw a recent front-page story of the
San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback
whale who had become entangled in a spider’s 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, and 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 badly 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.
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.
--Echo Charlie
Image source: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/whale-problem-why-do-humpback-whales-protect-other-species-attack (Note: this is not the actual whale described
above.)
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