First responders aid beached seal in Queens

First responders aid beached seal in the Rockaways
Bill Ritter has more on how first responders aided a beached seal in the Rockaways.
ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Saturday, January 27, 2018

EDGEMERE, Queens (WABC) -- First responders rushed to the aid of a beached seal in Queens.

NewsCopter 7 was overhead as officers surrounded the seal at Beach 43rd Street.

There is no word on how the seal was injured.

The officers stayed with the seal until a marine biologist arrived.

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