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By NIKKI GOLUB

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The adrenaline of going out to “cover a story” Friday wore off immediately after seeing the beached dolphin and was replaced with a knot in my stomach. Here I was taking pictures of this sick, stressed sea mammal while brave locals and out-of-towners braced with a bucket and some towels did their best to help the dolphin. They had hope.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The sickly Risso's dolphin that beached itself on New Smyrna Beach has died, officials at SeaWorld Orlando confirmed this morning despite Friday's heroic effort by a small group of beach-goers to rescue and care for it at water's edge.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Nicole Carni had finally taken a day off from her high-pressure job as director of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Director and New Smyrna Beach Visitor's Center to serve as a chaperone for her 6-year-old boy, Allario, and his Samsula Academy classmates on a Friday morning trip to Canaveral National Seashore.

 NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick and Sera Frederick / Nicole Carni of New Smyrna Beach (shown here in the pink shirt), and Kathy Karlander of Indianapolis, are among the first responders to help this rare Risso's dolphin that was beached Friday on New Smyrna Beach's hard sands just south of the Third Avenue ramp approach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Risso dolphin that beached at water's edge has a "fighting chance" at surviving, thanks to a group of beachgoers who came to its aid, said a veterinarian on scene. 

NSBNews.net photo by Henry Frederick / Breaking News

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A rare dolphin usually found 50 miles out in the ocean beached itself earlier today on shore in New Smyrna Beach and was cared for by a beachgoers before Seaworld officials arrivedseveral hours later to transport to Orlando in hopes of returning it to the Atlantic.

The 10-foot-long mammal is a Risso's dolphin, part of the whale family, which feeds on squid.

ORMOND BEACH -- Sebastian Janikowski, the pride of Seabreeze High School, kicked his way into the NFL record books for the Oakland Raiders with a 63-yard field goal on the final play of the first half against the homestanding Denver Broncos.