Footage of a group of friends rescuing a stricken bird on a beach in Florida, USA.

The video, filmed in February, shows the bird trying to fly away but it can't because it's hooked to nearby a dead bird by a fishing hook.

Fortunately, the group soon manage to free the animal and it flies away.

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I went for a boat ride with my good friends, we always stop at the islands and hang out. Anthony, my one friend went for a walk along the island and noticed a bird next to a bead bird. As he got closer and the bird tried to fly alway he noticed it couldn't fry away because it was hooked to the dead bird, the fish hook was stuck in the bird that was alive. So he came back to the group, told us what he saw and we all rushed to go help it