Man Uses Google+ to Reunite Firefighter With Camera Lost at Sea

Now here’s a story with all the right elements—a treasure is recovered from sea, a do-gooder returns an item to its owner, and an up-and-coming social network gets its big break.

According to the Google+ community, a diver by the name of Markus Thompson found a Canon Rebel 1000D at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of British Columbia in Canada.

Thompson took the camera home with him and discovered that the camera’s memory card was still in tact, though it had been underwater for more than one year.