A dramatic chest-mounted bodycam video captures the moment a marine rescuer frees a large pelican hopelessly tangled in fishing net on a storm-battered wooden pier, as waves crash around them and a rescue boat waits in the churning surf.

The footage, timestamped October 14, 2026 at 12:18:44, opens on a grim scene: a soaked pelican sits low on rain-slicked planks, its wings pinned by a web of fishing net and line. Sea spray blows across the dock. The bird’s feathers are plastered flat by the storm, and it stares up with wide, exhausted eyes — frightened, vulnerable, and unable to move.

The rescuer kneels carefully on the slippery boards. One blue-and-black gloved hand settles gently on the pelican’s back to steady it, while the other brings orange-handled cutting pliers to the tangled mess. The pelican blinks and shifts its head but holds still, as if it understands help has arrived.

Strand by strand, the net comes away. Wet line pulls loose and drops onto the dock. In the background, a rescue boat with crew members in orange gear rises and dips in the rough water, standing by through the whole operation. By the final seconds, the pelican looks visibly calmer — the net loosened, the danger passing.

No music. No narration. Just crashing waves, howling wind, the creak of dock wood, and the quiet work of two careful hands.

The video is a stark reminder of the toll lost and discarded fishing gear takes on marine wildlife — and of the people who brave storms to undo the damage, one rescue at a time.