{"id":172439,"date":"2026-02-28T04:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172439\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:02:15","slug":"watch-soccer-players-rush-to-help-seagull-struck-by-ball-mid-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172439\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Soccer players rush to help seagull struck by ball mid-flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sft9ujil8q6lu120.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer player does CPR on seagull hit by soccer ball\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">A soccer player in Istanbul paused a match to perform CPR on a seagull that was struck by a ball during the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">According to Storyful, the dramatic moment happened during the Istanbul First Amateur League playoff final.<\/p>\n<p> Seagull saved  <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Video taken by sports reporter Onur Ozsoy shows the team\u2019s goalkeeper kick a soccer ball into the air, which then immediately strikes a seagull that was flying low right above the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/las-vegas-airport-dog-abandoned-jetblue-adopted-officer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Left behind at Las Vegas airport, dog \u2018JetBlue\u2019 now has a forever home<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Team captain Gani Catan rushed into action, running to the seagull and performing CPR while surrounded by his teammates. He then cradled the bird and carried it safely to the sidelines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"livenowfox.com\/news\/watch-soccer-players-rush-help-seagull-struck-ball-mid-flight\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">In a post on Instagram, the team said the seagull was revived on the pitch, thanks to Catan\u2019s good deeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/photos-wolfdog-joins-race-crosses-finish-line-olympic-ski-event\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photos: Wolfdog joins race, crosses finish line at Olympic ski event<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Even though the team lost the match, they said they were glad that &#8220;a life was saved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">According to Turkiye Today, &#8220;the bird had wing damage from the impact and could not fly for the time being,&#8221; but &#8220;it was taken under treatment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article includes information from Storyful and Turkiye Today.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/heartwarming\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heartwarming News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/sports\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/unusual\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unusual<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/world\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A soccer player in Istanbul paused a match to perform CPR on a seagull that was struck by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6043,115,139,141,140,8713,110,13906,1740],"class_list":["post-172439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-heartwarming","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-sports","tag-unusual","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}