What a labor of love.
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The call comes in at 4:00 AM. Some waterfowl are in trouble out on the lake in Prospect Park, their webbed feet stuck, frozen to the ice coating the water. In the predawn darkness, Marty Woess slips out of bed and races to the park, where she carefully slides across the dangerous ice to save the creatures.
Woess is the Wildlife and Aquatic Technician for the Prospect Park Alliance. She gets the call when there's a hurt raccoon or a swan that has swallowed a fish hook or a turtle that's gotten itself wedged somewhere.
New York City tends to quiet down in the dead of winter, but the critters inhabiting the city’s parks still manage to keep people like Woess running around. WNYC host Michael Hill spoke with Woess about her job as an unsung hero of the park.
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