MIAMI-DADE COUNTY — The Miami Dade Sheriff's Office freed a loggerhead turtle entangled in a crab trap line on Oct. 11.

The Marine Patrol Unit responded to a call from a Good Samaritan in vessel about a distressed sea turtle during a Columbus Day holiday weekend patrol, MDSO said.

Body cam footage showed that deputies boarded the vessel and discovered the trapped loggerhead turtle, using a knife to cut away the crab trap line and free the turtle.

"Together, we protect all who call Miami-Dade home ... on land and at sea," MDSO said.

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