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Raw Video: Sea turtle rescued

July 9, 2013 3:19 PM

A leatherback sea turtle got a lucky assist Saturday after getting tangled in a lobster buoy about two miles of Orient Point. State environmental conservation officers on patrol spotted the five-foot long marine reptile and reaching over the boat, "were able to grab the line, which had become ensnared around the lower torso of [the] animal, and cut the rope away," according to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation release. Handout / DEC (July 6, 2013)

A leatherback sea turtle got a lucky assist Saturday after getting tangled in a lobster buoy about two miles of Orient Point. State environmental conservation officers on patrol spotted the five-foot long marine reptile and reaching over the boat, "were able to grab the line, which had become ensnared around the lower torso of [the] animal, and cut the rope away," according to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation release. Handout / DEC (July 6, 2013)

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