Whale Saves Drowning Diver, Pulls Her to Surface

Europics

Beluga whale Mila spotted diver Yang Yun struggling in the water at Polar Land in Harbin, northeast China.

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Beluga whale Mila spotted diver Yang Yun struggling in the water at Polar Land in Harbin, northeast China.

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A beluga whale saved a drowning diver by hoisting her to the surface, carrying her leg in its mouth.

Terrified Yang Yun thought she was going to die when her legs were paralyzed by crippling cramps in arctic temperatures. Competitors had to sink to the bottom of an aquarium's 20-foot arctic pool and stay there for as long as possible with the beluga whales at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China.

Click here for more photos of Mila the Whale's heroic rescue.

But when Yun, 26, tried to head to the surface she struggled to move her legs.