Okay, maybe the title is just a little sensationalized, but I did save a turtle's life yesterday at here work. I work maintenance at a power plant, and we have a large pond that our circulating water pumps take a suction on to send it in the plant to cool equipment. Well the five of them draw something like half a million gallons a minute, so the flow is pretty strong at some points. We were working out where the water goes through the screens, and notice something in the water. It was an (I think) Eastern Box turtle trying to get out of the flow, but whenever he could make an advance, he ended up right back into a strong current and going closer to the intake. I grabbed a rake that had been left out and duct taped it to a pole so I could reach him, got the rake out behind him, and under then as he tried to dive to escape being helped, and brought him over to land where I could reach him. Took him out of the area and put him on the beach on the real lake (Erie) and watched him scurry off, after checking that I had cleared away. You know, he didn't even turn and say 'Thanks', but it felt pretty good anyway