"We'd never heard of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) before, but down the line we realised that that's what it left us with,"
"I told my head teacher I was going to London to rescue a whale and that she could sack me on Monday... She didn't, I hasten to add,"
"the best photographs you're ever going to get"
Mark Stevens and the charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue responded to a northern bottlenose whale that swam into the River Thames near the Houses of Parliament in January 2006. The 19ft (5.85m) deep-diving whale prompted widespread public interest, with thousands gathering on riverbanks and bridges. Stevens left work to join the rescue, appeared on breakfast television, and boarded a boat near Albert Bridge. Journalists pursued the rescue team and were persuaded to use their vessel to help maneuver the whale onto a sandbank for veterinary assessment. The team judged survival chances roughly fifty-fifty, required a crane to winch the heavy whale onto a barge, and later experienced lasting post-traumatic stress disorder from the incident.
Read at www.bbc.com
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