Within this past week, local divers in Florida found themselves in a quick, call-to-action emergency when they came face-to-face with a injured lemon shark in the waters of the Caribbean.

The three of them dive as a hobby quite often in order to discover and observe the lively underwater atmosphere. These divers are used to swimming in close proximity with smaller sharks, but never have experienced being this close and personal with one.

After coming across this lethargically swimming shark, the divers realized that the he had an enormous hook embedded in his jaw. In their immediate instinct, the three divers decided they were going to remove the massive hook from the shark’s jaw right then and there.

However, the interaction between the shark and the humans was quite peaceful and intimate despite many common stereotypes about sharks becoming very aggressive when it comes to humans.

The shark was said to remain relaxed during the process and granted some kind of consent to the divers in order to let them work on his hooked jaw.

Two of the men stroked the shark’s nose in an attempt to calm him down and both were able to remove the hook without much trouble. The female diver, Cassie Jensen, stood back to capture photographs and make sure no outbursts were to occur.

Because of these three divers, a young lemon shark will not have to swim around in the pain and agony of a hook-embedded jaw for the next two, three, even four years. The divers were kind, brave, and certainly heroic.

The human community and the animal community lending a helping hand to each other is what life is all about; learning how to live in harmony together.

Stay tuned for the next World Wednesday as we tackle more important issues, stories, and conspiracies about our environment and the world that surrounds us.

Click here to read more about and view pictures of the dramatic rescue.