New York couple reels in safe with estimated $80K in it while magnet fishing
A pair of magnet fishing enthusiasts reeled in the catch of a lifetime from a New York City lake: a muddy safe with an estimated $80,000 in it.
A pair of magnet fishing enthusiasts reeled in the catch of a lifetime from a New York City lake: a muddy safe with an estimated $80,000 in it.
James Kane, 40, was using a rope and powerful magnet at a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Friday when his excitement began rising because he had snagged yet another lockbox.
But as Kane pulled out the contents from inside the deposit box, he truly began to grasp the good fortune that stuck him and his girlfriend, 39-year-old Barbi Agostini.
Magnet fisher James Kane displays the part of the contents of a safe he pulled out of a pond, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in the Queens borough of New York, Friday May 31, 2024.James Kane and BarbI Agostini @LetsGetMagnetic via AP"I looked, and it was just pure hundred dollar bills," Kane said. "Humungous stacks of them. ... I said, 'I think life is about to change as we know it.'"
The pair told NBC News in an interview Wednesday that they began magnet fishing during the pandemic to stave off boredom.
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