Multimedia Release: Coast Guard, Turtle Hospital crews release 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle near Key West

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Multimedia Release  

Nov. 16, 2017
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Coast Guard, Turtle Hospital crews release 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle near Key West

Members of Coast Guard Station Key West, back row left to right, Fireman Karl Paulsson, Seaman Edgar Lugo, Seaman Jake Lee, front row left to right, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Zucker and Seaman Karlie Milliken take a moment for a photo with Drifter, a 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle, before they release it into the wild near Key West, Florida, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew, and personnel from the Turtle Hospital, released Drifter, a 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle, back to the wild near Key West, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard and Turtle Hospital personnel released a rehabilitated 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle to the wild off Sunset Key near Key West, Thursday morning.

A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew and personnel from the Turtle Hospital released Drifter, a Loggerhead Sea Turtle, back to the wild.

Drifter was rescued from fishing line that was part of storm debris from Hurricane Irma and rehabilitated at the Turtle Hospital in Key West.

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