Tsunami dolphins rescued from Thai lagoon

Rescuers freed a humpback dolphin from a small Thai lagoon where the Asian tsunami had dumped it – returning it today to the Andaman Sea in a rare story of survival 10 days after the massive waves crushed tourist resorts in the surrounding Khao Lak area.

The dolphin, spotted Monday half a mile from the beach by a man searching for his missing wife, had become a symbol of hope amid the death and destruction.