A mobile phone lost at sea two years ago is “recovered” by a delivery man and returned to its owner.

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Two years later, a deliveryman found the lost cell phone in the ocean off San Vicente, verified the cell phone number and returned it to its owner.

The app distributor has fished something else out of the ocean. It’s a mobile phone. Mario Travassos, 43, captured the iPhone 11 while on a fishing trip in São Vicente, on the São Paulo coast. The device came with a waterproof case, which prevented it from deteriorating and allowed the “fisherman” to find its owner.

The incident occurred early on Wednesday morning, when Mario was fishing with some friends at Pedra dos Autobro on Gonzaguinha Beach. Around 1:30 a.m., when he made his final throw, he noticed something was stuck.

“I pulled, and eventually the hook came off, but I felt like there was still some weight on the line. I started pulling, but I thought it was a plastic bag or trash or something heavy. When I got closer, I realized it was a cell phone case, but I didn’t think it was a phone,” he said in an interview. Earth.

Mario took his phone out of its cover, but it wouldn’t turn on. So he took it home and tried to charge it, and to his surprise, the device started working again. However, the connector showed a water warning, so I decided to disconnect it to avoid damaging the board.

So Mario put a chip in his cell phone, determined the owner’s number, and contacted him. The device belonged to Omar Belmed, 44, the culture secretary of Kubaton.

“I ended up calling him, making an appointment at his house, and he came and gave it back (the phone). We took pictures and we talked for a while here, nice people. I felt it was my duty to give it back. If it was mine, I would also want someone to give it to me,” he said.

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In the report, Omar said he lost his phone while stand-up paddleboarding in Praia dos Millionarios in December 2023. On that occasion, he took a photo of his brother at sea, took the case off his neck and threw it at his family, but the case hit a board, fell into the sea, and sank before anyone could retrieve it.

In June of the following year, a fisherman discovered the smartphone and believed he had recovered the device. My cell phone battery swelled and became completely unusable. “I kept it as a memento,” he said.

But to his surprise, almost two years later, Mario called to say he had found his cell phone. Initially, Omar doubted there was even a possibility of a coup, but the story had a “happy ending.”