# @nextshark on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxyB1Z2MKWi
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- **Posted:** 2023-09-29T16:01:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NextShark (@nextshark) — https://gondola.cc/nextshark

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Hundreds of strangers at the Asian Games in China teamed up to help a 12-year-old Hong Kong chess player find her lost phone.

Liu Tian-yi realized she was missing her phone while attending the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Saturday night. She recalled leaving her phone, which was turned off at the time, inside an abandoned bag after dinner. Liu immediately notified her team leader, Geoffrey Edward Kao, about the incident. After informing a volunteer team of what happened, they immediately contacted other staff at the tennis center to help them look for the phone.

“No one had an ounce of optimism for getting the phone back,” Kao reportedly said. But the volunteers managed to find Liu’s phone from mountains of trash and return it to her on Sunday afternoon. A picture of the volunteers sifting through garbage bags was shared by the Asian Games’ official X account on Wednesday.

Thankful for their sacrifice, Kao reportedly called the volunteers “unsung heroes,” while Liu expressed her gratitude in a video, saying, “Your enthusiasm makes me feel at home. I can feel the warmth from Hangzhou.”

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