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A beluga whale saved a drowning diver by hoisting her to the surface, carrying her leg in its mouth.
Terrified Yang Yun thought she was going to die when her legs were paralyzed by crippling cramps in arctic temperatures. Competitors had to sink to the bottom of an aquarium’s 20-foot arctic pool and stay there for as long as possible with the beluga whales at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China.
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But when Yun, 26, tried to head to the surface she struggled to move her legs.
“I began to choke and sank even lower and I thought that was it for me - I was dead. Until I felt this incredible force under me driving me to the surface,” Yun said.Beluga whale Mila had spotted her difficulties and using her sensitive dolphin-like nose guided Yun safely to the surface.
Regardless what you think of the man, this is wrong.
Mayor’s office: Jackson memorial cost L.A. $1.4M Posted: July 8, 2009 1941 GMT By Paul Vercammen CNN LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — The memorial service for singer Michael Jackson cost the city of Los Angeles $1.4 million, the mayor’s office said Wednesday. Spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said the costs included putting extra police on the streets, trash pickup, sanitation, traffic control and more for the Tuesday event. Three thousand police officers — almost one-third of the Los Angeles police force — were on hand to ensure the Jackson events proceeded smoothly, Los Angeles Assistant Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Tuesday. The city, which is $530 million in debt, set up a Web page asking Jackson fans to donate money to help with the expenses. On Tuesday morning, hundreds of donors contributed more than $17,000 through the Web site. But then, the high volume of traffic caused it to crash frequently and for long periods of time, the mayor’s office said. The city, therefore, was unable to collect contributions for several hours on Tuesday. The site also crashed for 12 hours, beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday — and again, periodically throughout Wednesday morning, the office said. The Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich does not want taxpayers to pay a penny for the service, his spokesman said Wednesday. “The city attorney does not want something like this happening again, the city paying (the initial costs) for a private event,” said spokesman John Franklin. “That’s especially in a cash-strapped city, where people have been furloughed or even lost jobs.” Michael Roth, spokesman for AEG — which own Staples Center and put on the event — could not be reached for comment