Millionaires Fund Daring Rescue for Stranded Humpback Whale Timmy

0:00On April 19th, a humpback whale named Timmy has been stuck in shallow waters off Tim and Dorfestrand in Germany for nearly six weeks, and now, too, millionaires are bankrolling a bold last chance rescue to save the ten-meter-long giant. They're hiring a private company to live Timmy using air cushions, slide him onto a tarp, and sail him out to the North Sea, or even the Atlantic. After earlier efforts freed him, only for him to wander back into trouble. Timmy's Germany is pushing back hard, warning the sick and weakened whale could get heard worse by this high-risk move while the state environment. Minister calls it minimally invasive, and backs the plan. Timmy's dealing with skin peeling from low salt in the Baltic, plus possible injuries from props and nets crushing his organs under his own weight. But he's still breathing, moving, and signaling he wants out. Dredging around him continues before the liftoff, though rising water levels might let him swim free on his own, only to strand nearby again, so the... Teens watching close, hoping this saga ends with Timmy, deep sea cruising free.