Minke Whale Dies In Brooklyn
April 19, 2007 @ 09:35 AM (EST)
Source: Wcbstv.com
Efforts to pull a dead whale ashore failed on Thursday after a noose tied around its tail loosened and it fell into deep waters of a small Brooklyn bay where it had been swimming aimlessly for two days.
The Army Corps of Engineers sent in a work boat, Hayward, with a 20-ton capacity crane to retrieve the carcass of the baby whale, which had been left overnight tied to a pier at the Hess Oil Field at Gowanus Pier...
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