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<blockquote data-quote="FineLinen" data-source="post: 35441364" data-attributes="member: 6357"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: red">The Whale</span></strong></span> </span></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If you read the front page story of the S.F. Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FineLinen, post: 35441364, member: 6357"] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][SIZE=2][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=red]The Whale[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=black][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]If you read the front page story of the S.F. Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]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.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]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.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]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. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]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. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]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[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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