Authors: Ben Ruhe
Date Submitted: February 28, 2003
Article Type: Journal

Adam Vance of Seattle was kite surfing well out in Puget Sound some months ago when his harness line broke. As his $1,200 kite blew away, Adam found himself stranded in the middle of the bay. He got back to land safely only after a long, arduous swim.

With Vance out of sight, the kite was spotted in the water by a ferry crew and retrieved by a yachtsman. Hoping to find the owner, the yachtsman placed an advertisement on the Seattle Times’ Website vaguely describing the find, but crucially adding the date the kite was fished out of the water.

A fellow surfer in far away Maui, Hawaii, who had heard of the incident, saw the ad and guessed the kite belonged to his friend. He messaged Vance, who had been unsuccessfully searching the north Puget Sound shoreline for days.

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