Reporter Films Ship Dropping Tires Into the Ocean, Then Learns the Reason Behind It

Kept As A Reminder

Lena kept the piece of tire tread she had pulled from the harbor water during that first conversation with Marvin. It sat on her desk at the newspaper office, solid and unremarkable.

A colleague asked what it was doing there. Lena explained that it was a reminder of how a small thing could spark something big.