A Florida man was carrying out a normal pass through a mangrove channel when something unusual caught his eye. Wedged in the branches was an object that clearly did not belong there, and the sight pulled his attention immediately.
He eased off the throttle, leaned forward over the side of the boat, and tried to make out what was stuck in the dense greenery. The shape was faint, but he could tell it was not just debris floating by.
It appeared small, trapped, and completely out of place. Before he knew it, the routine outing had become an urgent attempt to save a life.
A Distressed Creature Caught Above the Water
Captain Tom Mattmuller was cruising through the waters of Lyon Bay, expecting nothing more than an ordinary workday. He had no idea that one unexpected sighting would change the entire course of his afternoon…