The crow's struggle for freedom

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When I entered the kitchen in the morning (kitchen has a window facing the road), I could hear noisy screeching of crows which I felt was unusual...from the window I could see something like a crow sitting on the branch but it was not moving despite so many crows flying around the tree and so I was wondering whether it was a bird or some object. With the mad race against time in the mornings, could not go out to check what was happening but the sound of the crows was disturbing - it was as if the crows were calling for help.

After some time when I went out, I realized that a baby crow's leg was stuck in a wire - one end of the wire was stuck in the baby crow's leg and the other end was stuck in the tree and so the crow could not fly and blood was dripping down on the floor below.  Had too many things to do at home and rush to work but.....  Anand was already late for office & so he left for work but he was feeling very sad.  We were wondering what to do.  Being helpless is a miserable feeling.  I called Blue Cross and explained the situation but the telephone attender said that they will be able to send their staff only by 10 AM which meant that the baby crow had to suffer for another 2 hours. 

I requested the watchman and Mr.Bala (who was kind enough to leave his child and help the crow).  They went to the house where the window was closer to the tree and tried to pull the wire with a pole - it was a difficult task.  By then, Mr.Manoj climbed the tree and tried his best to untangle the wire by pushing it from a pole but it was very strenuous for him to balance himself on the tree & lift the pole.  Bala continued with his effort and there were a couple of good hearted people instructing Bala from the ground.

By 9 AM, Anand telephoned from office to say that he had called the Fire Service Brigade and they had immediately started to come to our apartments.  He had in fact called Guindy Snake Park if they could send someone to free the bird by climbing the tree and they had suggested Fire Service department. 10 minutes after Anand's call,  bcoz of the continuous push and movement of the wire by the pole, the wire detached, and the baby crow flew off - what a relief it was to see the bird being free.  I then quickly called Anand  and told him to cancel the request with the Fire Department.  We really appreciate the quick action by the Fire Service department and their courteous behavior even when we cancelled the request despite the vehicle being on the way to our apartments.  There are many people who must have wondered why few of us spent so much of time and effort for....after all, a crow.  But it was heartening to note that there were a few who really wanted to save that little bird.