Occurred on July 24, 2023 / Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA<br /><br />: "We were made aware of a Nurse Shark in distress at a local man-made reef here in Destin Florida. The Artificial Reef system is located at Beasley Park on the island in Ft Walton Beach. It sits in about 18-22 feet of water. Another diver reported that he and his dive buddy came across a large Nurse Shark that was trapped and had a hook in its mouth and tethered to one of the reef structures. They had made several attempts to free the animal with no luck. So I and a fellow diver (Diver Dan) headed to Beasley to see if we could help...<br /><br />We located the Shark very quickly and we were able to cut the steel leader that was attached to the hook and free the shark from its entanglement.<br /><br />We did lose our pliers as they were pinched on the leader when it left in a hurry. <br /><br />Hopefully, the hook will eventually rust out and the remaining leader will fall out as well.<br /><br />Thanks for watching!
