Video Release: Coast Guard, partners rescue beached dolphin

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CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Coast Guard and Marine Mammal Rescue Center personnel released a dolphin back to sea approximately 5 miles off Cape May Inlet Monday afternoon.

The dolphin had become beached off Hereford Inlet near Wildwood Monday morning. Personnel from the MMRC out of Brigantine recovered the beached dolphin and provided it necessary medical attention.

MMRC personnel rode along on Station Cape May's 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to release the dolphin back into open waters.