Porpoises Vanish
Personal memory by Katrina Johnson
1970 • Long Island Sound, Norwalk, CT, USA
During my dad's childhood he remembers always seeing porpoises in Long Island Sound when he sailed or swam. They swam in the bow waves of the sail boats and were everywhere. Now they are gone. There has not been a porpoise sighted in Long Island Sound in decades.
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