US Coast Guard helps rescue juvenile humpback whale stuck on sandbar off New York's Fire Island
Two juvenile humpback whales stranded on sandbars off New York's coast returned to open water.
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Two juvenile humpback whales stranded on sandbars off New York's coast returned to open water.

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