Orca stranded on rocks is saved after people threw water over it for hours

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A stranded orca was saved thanks to Good Samaritans who kept it alive by chucking buckets of water over it for six hours.

Chance Strickland and his yacht crew leapt into action after spotting the 20-foot whale stranded on an Alaskan shore. After dropping anchor, the rescuers jumped onto the rocky coast and formed a human chain, passing buckets of seawater back and forth. They were just in the nick of time as birds were circling above waiting to eat the helpless whale alive.

The orca seemed to liven up after getting its first taste of water and began thrashing its tail and making noises.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was called in and they arrived with a special hose to spray a mist of seawater on the whale and scare off the flock of hungry birds.

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