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Dolphin Returns to Gulf Waters

A group of people carry a large sling toward the Gulf waters on a sandy beach, with a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter marked "6040" parked nearby and a man filming with a video camera.

Collection

USCG Released photos Hurricane Rita

CAMERON, La. (Sept. 28, 2005)-Coast Guard crewmen, Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network members and a Master Sergeant with the Louisiana Army National Guard carry a 7-foot, 400-pound dolphin to the Gulf of Mexico. Igor, the dolphin, was rescued from a ditch near South Cameron High School after Hurricane Rita swept through. He was transported on a Coast Guard HH-60 helicopter to the beach to be set free. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick

Citation

“Dolphin Returns to Gulf Waters,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2377.