Resident springs into action after making surprising discovery at construction site: ‘Never in a million years did I think we’d save so many’

When Lori Lilley first set foot on a drained lakebed in the middle of a Pennsylvania construction site, she had a modest goal: rescuing a single mud-covered turtle.

“I made the comment, ‘If I just save one, I’ll be happy,'” Lilley told the Reading Eagle.

But one turtle turned into 33 — and Lilley quickly became a local hero for vulnerable wildlife…

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