never seen before and it was dragging something, right? >> that's correct, yes, it was dragging a bunch of commercial fishing gear. >> steve: you call it commercial fishing gear. it was 20 or 30 lobster traps from where? you were in virginia. where were the traps from? >> the commercial bowl had a big md on it, so i'm assuming from maryland and swam into our water. >> anna: these are protected species and it's something that you don't see every day. what on earth would make you jump in the water, though, with an animal this large and do the right thing by setting him free, and videotaping the whole thing? what made you do that? >> i felt like it was something that just had to be done. it was horrible to see an animal struggle and suffer like that. he was definitely, you know, in a lot of stress and you could tell that if we didn't do something, she probably would have died. or if we didn't take action at