Enzo Maiorca was a world record holding free diver. That link to his name will take you to a Wikipedia write up. The following link will take you to a brief Washington Post obituary (Maiorca died on November 13, 2016, at eighty-five years of age).
The following link will give you access to a true story about Enzo, published in late 2023, in The Denver Gazette. I first heard about this story from a March 28, 2024, Facebook posting by Lee Davis, passing along an earlier, March 14, 2021, Facebook posting by Tony M. Davis.
Here is how the story was recounted on Facebook, with the following directive as a preface: "Pay Attention Humans..."
Italian diver Enzo Maiorca while diving into Siracusa sea felt something patting him on the back. He turned around and saw a dolphin, which he understood that he did not want to play but express something. The dolphin dived and Enzo followed. At a depth of twelve meters trapped in a net there was another dolphin. After managing with his wife to release it, as the two dolphins emerged they emitted an almost human cry (this is how Maiorca described it). Dolphins can be held under water for up to ten minutes then drowned. The trapped dolphin was a female who soon gave birth. The male surrounded them and standing in front of Enzo touched his cheek (like a kiss), a gesture of gratitude.
Both versions of this story, the Facebook post just reproduced, and the slightly different version from The Denver Gazette, say that Enzo frequently quoted the Greek composer, Vangelis, to the following effect:
Until man learns to respect and communicate with the animal world, he will never be able to know his true role on this Earth.
We live, most immediately, in a world that we create ourselves, and we are, because of this, usually preoccupied with that "Human World," and with all of our own creations.
Ultimately, however, we find ourselves alive, most mysteriously, in the "World of Nature" - the "World That God Made," as I often phrase it.
Our true role on this Earth?
I think this story, told by Enzo Maiorca, should help us figure out the answer!
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