Fisher finds camera, returns it to owner

Monday, June 26, 2017

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A man fishing in the Tennessee River reeled in a waterlogged camera, then used social media to track down its owner in Florida. Nate Wilson on June 10 reeled in the algae-covered camera Alex Mansur accidentally dropped during a vacation five years ago. Wilson found the memory card and uploaded the images to Facebook in hopes of finding the camera's owner. Eight hours later, one of Mansur's cousins in Tennessee called him.

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