A Beautiful Sunny Day
It was a sunny September day in Daytona Beach, Florida. The year was 1989, and a young couple took a walk on the beach when they noticed a man attempting to take a dip in the ocean. He swam passed the beakers, and suddenly, he just vanished. That day, Bennie Harden Wint was lost in the waters.
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Sadly, he left behind his fiancé, along with his four-year-old daughter (from a previous marriage). After the man was reported missing, a huge manhunt was launched. Beach Patrol officer Scott Petersohn was working on the day Wint disappeared. He explained that “everybody feels it,” and when someone goes missing, “everybody takes it personally.”