A couple, Will DeLeo and Elizabeth Heffron, were walking along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina when they spotted a raccoon struggling to swim.
They decided to help the exhausted animal and used a traffic cone to rescue it. DeLeo lowered the cone into the water, allowing the raccoon to grab hold.
After the raccoon slipped off the cone multiple times, DeLeo was finally able to lift it back onto dry land. The raccoon rested on the ledge before running away.
A video posted to Instagram shows the rescue.
Author's summary: Raccoon rescued from ocean with traffic cone by couple.