Transcript for Rescuers form human chain to rescue stranded dolphin
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, THE
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR
SOLUTION TO SAVE A DOLPHIN.
AMERICA STRONG.
TONIGHT, IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
JUST OUTSIDE TAMPA, THE AMAZING
RESCUE.
THE TEAM AT CLEARWATER MARINE
AQUARIUM LEARNING A YOUNG
DOLPHIN HAD SOMEHOW LOST ITS WAY
FROM THE OCEAN AND WAS STUCK IN
A SMALL CREEK FOR THREE WEEKS.
THE SCIENTISTS FIRST MONITORING
THE DOLPHIN, THEN COMING UP WITH
A REMARKABLE PLAN.
A TEAM OF 28 BIOLOGISTS FORMING
A HUMAN CHAIN, CREATING A VISUAL
AND SOUND BARRIER, COAXING THE
DOLPHIN OUT.
BRITTANY BALDRIA IS THE SENIOR
RESCUE BIOLOGIST.
>> OUR MAIN GOAL WAS JUST TO
CREATE A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS
FROM US.
SO, WE WERE SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER, NO GAPS.
>> THE ONLY WAY OUT -- A SMALL
OPENING UNDER A BRIDGE.
ANDY GARRETT WITH FISH AND
WILDLIFE ON THE BOAT RIGHT
BEHIND THAT HUMAN CHAIN.
>> JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGING IT
THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
THE NOISE FROM TRUCKS AND CARS
GOING OVER THE BRIDGE IS A SOUND
BARRIER FOR THE DOLPHIN, IT
DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE AREA.
>> THE TEAM SLOWLY, CAREFULLY
MOVING IN, SPLASHING THE WATER
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE
OPENING.
AND FINALLY --
>> DID HE GO?
>> HE WENT!
YEAH!
>> HE WENT THROUGH!
>> IT WORKED.
AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --
>> HELLO, DAVID.
>> THAT SENIOR RESCUE BIOLOGIST
ON THE MOMENT.
>> IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
ONCE WE GOT TO THE END, IT
FINALLY MADE THE DECISION TO
SWIM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE AND
WAS THROUGH ONTO THE OTHER SIDE.
>> SHE TELLS US THE DOLPHIN IS
NOW SAFELY BACK OUT TO SEA AFTER
THE SCIENTISTS AND THAT HUMAN
CHAIN COMING TO THE RESCUE.
BACK OUT TO SEA.
NO SMALL VICTORY.
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