A big thank you and congratulations to all you dolphin-saving heroes! I was so inspired to see so many caring people out there today. You're all amazing!
I got to the scene at about 8:30am, and the work was well under way. The mud in the flats made the efforts to bring in fresh sea water tricky, but I got to work lugging water as soon as I could.
It wasn't long before tarps had arrived, and a group of about 20 people formed to transfer each dolphin into the tarp, then as a group carried them one by one about 500 meters to the open water. Not an easy walk, that's for sure! The flats at Oyster Bay are full of debris -- chunks of wood, re-bar, you name it -- and the mud was up to a meter deep in places.
By about 9:30am, there had to have been 50+ people there, all chipping in however they could. With all that help, it didn't take long to get all four dolphins back to the sea.
By 10:30am, most people were starting to leave.
The dolphins looked tired and stressed from the ordeal, but I watched them swim away.
I hope we'll see them again some day out in the open water :)
BTW, if anyone has photos or videos other than the ones I included from the news, please let me know where to find them. I will remember this day forever, but would love to have some more pics for the grand kids!
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