Gandhi Helps Save a Stranded Whale
From Reuters
NEW DELHI —
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, leading his gun-toting bodyguards, splashed into an Indian Ocean coral lagoon Wednesday and rescued a whale stranded in shallow waters, the Press Trust of India reported.
The news agency said that Gandhi, vacationing in India’s remote Lakshadweep Islands, spotted the bruised and bleeding whale foundering in the lagoon. With the help of the bodyguards, he pushed the whale into deeper waters as another larger whale watched from the edge of the lagoon.
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