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If
you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle
on December 14, 2005, you would have read about 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.
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