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Apr 9, 2009 8:37 am US/Pacific

Coast Guard Aids Whale In N.Y. Harbor

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: CBS station WCBS-TV was over the New York Harbor on Thursday as the Coast Guard attempted to aid a wayward whale to safety.
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The Coast Guard tried to assist a wayward whale discovered swimming in the New York Harbor on Thursday. It's believed to be the same one spotted just the day before swimming in the waters near another NYC burrough, reports CBS station WCBS-TV in New York.

A Coast Guard spokeswoman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Annie Berlin, said the whale was discovered Thursday morning in a shipping channel near the Verrazano Bridge. It's about 20 feet long.

The Coast Guard set up a safety zone to protect the whale from boats -- and vice-versa.

The whale had disappeared from view Wednesday after it nearly beached itself in the Rockaways.