Old video from US viral as Jain community in Surat hire helicopter to rescue bird

A 58-second video of a man in a helicopter rescuing a bird has gone viral. Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared it with the claim that the Jain samaj in Surat arranged for the helicopter to rescue the bird.
A Twitter user posted the video along with the viral text on February 10.

जैन समाज सूरत (गुजरात) द्वारा तार में उलझे घायल पंछी को सहायता देने के लिये हेलीकॉप्टर मँगाया गया ।
“जीओ और जीने दो”—महावीर

महान हैं ऐसे इंसान वीडियो एक बार जरूर देखें इंसानियत इसी को कहते हैं 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/bpLE4YDZaT

— Archna Singroul (@ArchnaSingroul) February 13, 2020

"जैन समाज सूरत (गुजरात) द्वारा तार में उलझे घायल पंछी को सहायता देने के लिये हेलीकॉप्टर मँगाया गया । “जीओ और जीने दो”—महावीर," reads the complete message in Hindi.

Several users have shared the video on Facebook.

FACT-CHECK

Using InVID, Alt News did a keyframe analysis and performed a reverse image search on TinEye. We found a 2013 report by ‘Mirror’ which states that this incident took place in Virginia Beach, US. As per the report, a distressed seagull was saved from power lines.

Doing a keyword search on Google, Alt News found reports by ‘News Talk Florida‘ and ‘The Virginian Pilot‘. According to the reports, the seagull was tangled in power lines for days near the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach. The bird was rescued and given to the US Department of Agriculture.

The video was also shared in 2013.

Therefore, social media claims that the Jain samaj in Surat hired a helicopter to rescue the bird is false.