For those familiar with the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs) of the Pacific Northwest, Granny was a hero. Granny, also known as J2, was the matriarch of J-pod and lived her life as a caregiver and teacher to her younger pod mates. Today, Ken Balcomb of Center for Whale Research, wrote in Memoriam of Granny. She was last seen October 12, 2016 and is presumed dead. Balcomb recalls the first time he saw her, April 12, 1976. He was in his third week of the “Killer Whal