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New York couple find safe containing $100k in lake

Faridatu Seidu — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:24:48 +0000

A couple of “magnet fishing” enthusiasts say they pulled up a safe containing an estimated $100,000 (£78,000) from a New York lake.

James Kane and Barbie Agostini threw a rope with a magnet into a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on Friday and pulled up the safe.

Upon opening the secured box, they said they found it stuffed with bundles of water-damaged $100 bills.

They told NY1 police told them the safe wasn’t linked to any crime and that they were allowed to keep the money. The BBC has approached the New York Police Department (NYPD) for comment.

“We have found plenty of safes before,” Mr Kane said. “And then I saw the numbers and thought: ‘This is not possible.'”

“We pulled it out and it was big stacks of freaking hundreds,” he added. “These are thick stacks – they’re soaking wet, they’re pretty much destroyed.”

“There were no IDs, no way to find the original person, in the safe,” Mrs Agostini said. “[The police] were like: ‘well, congratulations!'”

Magnet fishing involves trailing a line with a strong magnet through lakes and rivers and seeing what is pulled up.

The couple said they began magnet fishing during the Covid-19 pandemic. They said they had previously found World War Two-era grenades, nineteenth-century guns and a full-size motorbike.

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Nigerian presidential aspirant causes stir as he holds political rally in a lake [Photos]

Dennis Adu — Wed, 04 May 2022 10:30:27 +0000

Ahead of the 2023 general election, Nigerian publisher and presidential aspirant of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, took his political campaign to the lake.

Irrespective of the number of times that Omoyele Sowore had failed in the presidential race, he has remained optimistic about emerging the President of Nigeria.

Omoyele Sowere stormed his country home, Ondo State, last weekend for consultation and to seek support ahead of the general elections.

Photos shared on his Instagram page captured the presidential aspirant and some youths inside a lake, playing and chatting together.

He captioned the photos: “For Swimmers Only: A political rally inside a lake! Sowore for president we can’t continue like this.”

Naija News recalls Omoyele Sowore recently slammed Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo for his support for South East presidency.

In an interview on Arise News, Sowore said the call for a South-East presidency is an attempt to divide Nigerians along the ethnic lines, adding that only Nigerians should determine who leads them in 2023.

The presidential aspirant claimed that the call by some politicians for political parties to zone their presidential tickets to the south is undemocratic and should not be encouraged.

Sowore said competency and great character should be parameters to choosing the next president in 2023 and not zoning.

He added that, an Igbo presidency will not make a difference if the candidate is not the right person to lead.

PHOTOS: Lake Bosomtwe gets safety and emergency services team

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 06:06:56 +0000

The Bosomtwe District Assembly is to set up a standing emergency services team to protect holidaymakers and other visitors to Lake Bosomtwe.
U.S-based Global Mission Readiness is in the area to train personnel for the initiative.
The move is part of measures to reduce or even prevent accidents on the iconic lake, some of which have been fatal, especially, during festive occasions.
District Chief Executive, Joseph Asuming, is confident security at West Africa’s biggest natural lake is set to improve.
Lake Bosomtwe, the only natural inland lake in Ghana, is situated within an ancient meteorite impact crater.
It has been a centre of attraction for both tourists and revellers for entertainment activities.
Such events have often turned tragic as many visitors tend to ignore safety regulations.
The American emergency services education and resource provider to developing countries is assisting the district assembly to reverse the trend.

Global Missions Readiness has trained 30 people who will, in turn, pass the knowledge on to others in basic emergency and safety services.
It also donated emergency equipment worth $25, 000 to the District Health Directorate for that course.
Participants were taken through topics such as basic first aid and sprinting, rescuer safety, airway management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) free of charge.
Participants were also trained in patient lifting, moving and extrication, poisoning and overdose management as well as near-drowning lessons.
The training which was made possible by the support of the Member of Parliament for the area, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, saw heads of district directorates of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), health, fire service, Ghana Education Service, among others in attendance.

District Chief Executive, Joseph Asuming, is excited about the development.
“We are a tourist district. Most tourists come here every day and we need this basic first aid in healthcare delivery so it [training] has come at the very opportune time,” he said.
He says the assembly will use the training to set up an emergency services team to help promote safety at Lake Bosomtwe.
“We are going to train more others so that they would be involved in healthcare delivery in the district especially those who come to the lake during festive occasions.
“As a tourist centre, occasionally we do have emergencies. Now that they have been equipped, I hope that we can handle it better than before,” he emphasised.
Global Mission Readiness is credited with similar programmes in countries like Bolivia, Columbia, Peru and Vietnam.
This is the third time the team is providing training services in Ghana after similar ones in 2011 in Afigya Kwabre and Sekyere Afram Plains district.
Leader of Global Mission Readiness team, Patrick DeLair, says the decision to choose Ghana for the training program is in line with the team’s vision of preparing people for emergencies and be self-reliant in that regard.
“The best thing we can do all across the world is we can people and prepare citizens to help prevent emergencies and be a model of self-reliance and to be well equipped.
“We can get in at the ground level, help the people help themselves; teach them how to help each other and slowly build that foundation,” he added.