April 3, 2008: Collier County, Florida CAP Members Assist in Rescue of Burmese Python

On this date in 2008, members of the Collier County Florida Civil Air Patrol Squadron helped rescue a really large snake.

An excerpt from the Marco (Fla.) Eagle:

An eight-foot Burmese python was rescued from the rafters of a Marco Island Executive Airport hangar Thursday, a couple of days after first being spotted on April Fools’ Day. The rescue was a collaborative effort between the Civil Air Patrol, the Marco Island and Isles of Capri fire departments and an animal rescue team from the nonprofit Everglades Outpost. The snake was spotted Tuesday by a youth cadet of the Marco Island Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. It was curled up 30 feet into the rafters of the hangar.

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