N.L. residents rescue two whales washed ashore | The Moment

The whole community came together to save the whales. There was a couple of whales stranded on the beach in Point May, and they suspected that the whales got confused. And you could see that the whales were in distress, but they were still very much alive. My house is pretty close to the beach. I was like, oh, I can just head back real quick. I took the buckets and filled up the buckets with seawater to pour it over their eyes and their face and all over their body. The sun was starting to dry them out. The whales started coming back alive. Our mayor for the town got his pump and his hose going, and then he left again to go get his excavator. We were able to dig a channel for the whales and they were able to use this fishing boat for the whales to kind of get pulled back out. It took close to four hours. I was over the moon so happy to be able to see this whale swim away. Look, this is extraordinary. What a huge effort. They know it's risky. It doesn't always work. One of the whales, it seems, is just fine. The other female later died. But they knew it was a risk. It's a risk they had to take to try to help.