Dolphin trapped in Gowanus Canal comforted by a man

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://vimeo.com/58224238
On January 25 2013 a common atlantic dolphin was trapped in the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, a federal Superfund site that is one of the most polluted waterways in the entire United States.

Decisions were made by NYPD & marine mammal rescue not to attempt a rescue of the animal but to wait and observe. A few hours later a man on a beat up bicycle showed up and decided to comfort the dolphin. Without saying a word he entered the water. The dolphin was extremely affectionate and responded to his touch. This lasted for quite awhile.

The entire time the two stayed together. Eventually the man came out of the water, got on his bicycle, and said he was going home to have a shower. The dolphin then headed up the canal and finally cleared the floats from the oil facility that had kept him penned in all day. But then he drifted to a group of onlookers where he stayed all evening, beneath the Bridge on Union St, before dying around 6pm, as snow fell in the dark.
http://vimeo.com

Sigh.......
Bless that man!

[Mojorabbit]

1. How sad..and what a kind gesture from the man. nt

[life long demo]

2. Tears for the dolphin

Cheers for the man.

[bvar22]

3. We are ALL dolphins caught in the Gowanus Canal.

Even the very RICH won't be able to buy their way out,
and yet we twiddle our thumbs, spew many tons of poisons into our canal daily, and give Billion Dollar subsides to the worst offenders.