The Whale

This has been around before. I think the story is two years old from The San Francisco Chronicle. Its a beautiful story.
Enjoy.
 

 A  female humpback whale 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 Faralon Islands (outside  the Golden Gate ) and radioed 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, nudged them, and pushed gently, thanking  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  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.

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Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss  slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably....Never regret anything that  made you smile