Summary

Steve radioed local boat operators and fisherman to spread the word they were looking for a gray whale that appeared to have been separated from her baby. As Cox swam back toward the jetty, hoping to reconnect with the baby’s mother, the whale followed her, but really seemed just to want to play. As she swam, Cox realized that even though she didn’t know the answers to the problem she and the baby whale were facing, that those answers could come just because she’d chosen to do something.

As she swam with the whale, she heard and saw a lifeguard boat coming toward them. She knew the lifeguards would do their best to help. She explained to them that she was looking for a mother whale that appeared to have gotten separated from its baby. After talking to the lifeguards...