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>> INJURED MANATEE IS GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE THE MANATEE HAD A PUNCTURED LUNG FROM A BOAT PROPELLER AND HAS BEEN RECOVERING AT ZOO TAMPA. IT WAS RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD TODAY AT PORT OF THE ISLAND’S MARINA IN COLLIER COUNTY. NBC 2 DRYING OUR GUEST. WAS THERE. >> IT’S A GOODBYE PARTY FOR THE AGES IN PORT OF THE ISLANDS AS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS GATHERED ALONG THE DOCK AT THE MARINA TO BID FAREWELL TO FONZIE THE MANATEE. GET BACK TO NORMAL. THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TELLING US TODAY IT WAS A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR THE 700 PLUS POUND FLOATY POTATO. >> SO THIS WAS FIRST SIGHTED MARCH 5TH AND IN THE BUCKEYE UNION CANAL, WHICH IS THE WATERWAY RIGHT BEHIND US. AND IT WAS CITED WITH A LINEAR WATERCRAFT LINE ON IT AND WAS POSITIVELY BUOYANT SO IT CAN SUBMERGE ALL THE WAY. >> THAT SHOULD AID WAS FIRST SPOTTED BY MANATEE SIGHTSEEING TOUR GUIDE ALLEN ZITO, WHO NOT ONLY COLD FWC ATTRACTED SEEK OUT FOR 2 WEEKS. THEN HE LEFT THE STATE AND ZOO TAMPA KNOW FONZIE WAS DOCILE ENOUGH TO GO HOME WITH THEM. >> AND THEY’RE THE ONES THAT DO EVERYTHING THAT THE HEROES AND WE JUST LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TIME TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. >> WE’RE NOW ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT. JUST BE ON THE PART OF THE ISLANDS MARINE USING A DRONE TO TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT ON TO THE MANATEE IS MAKING HIS JOURNEY HOME SAFE AND SOUND WHAT WE’RE WATCHING THEM LOSE GUY AND VIEWING THEM FROM AFAR. FROM THE STATE. THIS IS OR NOT USING ENGINES ON AROUND THE MANATEES. >> AND JUST SEEING WHERE HE GOES, I’M SAYING IS NEXT BEHAVIOR WITH A BIRD’S EYE VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE TINY BLACK SPECK. >> THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, FINDS THE MANATEES FIRST CLIENTS AND IT’S NOW DOUBLING AS LIFESAVING WORK. >> FONSI IS SLOWLY DRIFTING BACK FROM THE CANALS NEAR THE RESORT TO WHERE HE CAME FROM IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES SPENT TO RELEASE SOME OF THE EXACT SAME PLACE WHERE THEY TOOK IT OUT. IT’S REALLY COOL AND REALLY SPECIAL. IF YOU SEE A MANATEE THAT LOOK SICK, INJURED OR KID DIVE BELOW THE WATER, TAKE A PICTURE. AND COLE FWC ONE RING AND YOU COULD BE PROTECTING A PIECE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA’S MOST ICONIC WILDLIF