Trapped bald eagle rescued from Ohio River  

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Trapped bald eagle rescued from river   
Trapped bald eagle rescued from river  

NEW CUMBERLAND, West Virginia (KTRK) -- Wildlife workers rescued a bald eagle trapped in the Ohio River.

Cellphone video shows the bird, with its 7-foot wingspan, doing the breaststroke in the water in West Virginia.

Wildlife workers used a basket attached to a long pole to pick up the bird.

They eventually dropped the bird into a boat but then noticed it still couldn't fly.

They later discovered that the bald eagle was dehydrated.

It was eventually nursed back to health and released.