Crazy :)

[pecunium]

When I was in basic training Sgt. Gibson, late in cycle, when the relationship was familiar (but not intimate), looked at us, as we sat under a tree, and responded to something with, "you motherfuckers". It was affectionate, and comfortable. I don't recall what we'd done, but it was one of those things which was right, and foolish; had it gone wrong someone might have been hurt.

Which is why I point you to these crazy motherfuckers.

Locals free dolphins

"...one - Brandon Banks, 16 - got into the water and helped calm one of the dolphins weakened by the ordeal so they could tow it to open water.

Why do I call them crazy...? Because the dolphins were trapped inside a small pool of open slush in a frozen bay.

Mr. May said the men carved a channel by ramming the five-metre fibreglass-hulled boat up onto the ice, then jumping out and onto the ice to hack away at it. He said it took them three hours before they had a path from the main body of water to the pool of slush and water where the dolphins were trapped, a distance of about 250 metres, he said.

It took them hours. The weather wasn't brutally cold (a bit below freezing), but even with survival suits (which they had), the water is cold, and the possibility of an accident in/on/under the ice (they were breaking it apart) was non-trivial.

The world needs more crazy like this.

(H/T to willshetterly)

Comments

[aostara.livejournal.com]

LOVE this story... and these people. Wonderfully crazy indeed.

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

That's such a beautiful story. I'm all teared up, now. Thanks for sharing this story.

[lexica510.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a wonderful story. Now I'm all teary...

[vicious-wench.livejournal.com]

That'a a much more complete version of the story than the one I first read. Thanks for sharing it. Crazy mofos indeed, but in the best way.

[texaslawchick.livejournal.com]

I heard about this driving home last night. Apparently NPR did a story on the dolphins (and the captain of the ship has a wonderful accent that makes the story worth listening too instead of reading), and in the "letters" yesterday segment they said a lot of people wrote in to thank them for such an awesome story.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

"I had a floater suit on," said Mr. Banks, "And they would come up and rest their head on me and I would keep their head out of the water so they can breathe through their blowhole."

"One of the dolphins was really weak, and one of the young guys who had a survival suit on got into the water with it and stayed with it, and the dolphin just kind of wrapped his fins around him. . . . It was amazing."

Blurry screen virus claims its victim. Thanks for posting this.

[swingland.livejournal.com]

yes. this truly does smack of badassedness. i would make sure those guys didn't have to buy their own rounds for a bit of time.

[summers-place.livejournal.com]

These guys rock. I heard the NPR story too, and it was amazing.