NYCkayaker whale in gowanus canal?

[mike]

>From gothamist
If you were looking at the Gothamist Newsmap and noticed a "Water
Search" in the Gowanus Canal around 22nd Street, brace yourself:
Authorities were searching for a whale. According to WNBC 4,
"Authorities were trying to rescue what appeared to be a whale that had
wandered into Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal." Chopper 4 has footage, but it's
not online yet. 
Gowanus Lounge had some photographs of the canal, post-Nor'easter, and
we wonder if the weather somehow caused a whale to appear. There's no
word on the condition of the whale, but apparently the whale may have
been in distress. 
Last year, a whale wandered into the Thames. And a harp seal was found
in the Gowanus Canal in 2003 (she was later named Gowana).