Adventures with Purpose
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| Adventures with Purpose | |
|---|---|
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Subscribers | 2.78 million[1] |
| Total views | 287 million[1] |
| Website | https://adventureswithpurpose.com/ |
Last updated: 25 October 2022 | |
Adventures With Purpose is a group of investigators, scuba divers, and specialty equipment that dives in local waterways, such as canals, lakes, and basins to find missing persons. They document and post their efforts on their Youtube channel. They completely donate their services and do not charge families, and thus bill themselves as a "philanthropic journey" organization.
Background
Adventures with Purpose is founded by Oregon-based Sam Ginn and Jared Leisek in 2019.[2] They began as a environmental cleanup agency, removing cars that were polluting waterways.[3][4] Doug Bishop joined the group as well, and also owned a towing company.[5] After twice finding cars with missing people in them, they determined a need to look for people who have gone missing in or with their vehicles.[6] The channel receives tip-offs and requests from the public through their social media accounts.[2] They do not accept rewards from family or charge the families or police involved. Instead, the channel funds the searches through video views, subscribers, donations and merchandise sales.[4] However in 2020, they had threatened to sue for a $100,000 reward pledged by five anonymous donors in relation to the discovery of Ethan Kazmerzak, who had disappered since 2013.[7] The Kazmerzak family gave the team an undetermined amount of money.[4] As of 2022[update], the team has six members.[6]
Process
At the identified waterways or waterbody,[8] the team would begin traversing the waters and scan the bottom of the waterbody with sonar technology. Upon identifying area(s) of interest, they would circle the area for further identification through the digital display. They would then drop a heavy duty magnet, tied to a scuba dive line, for a positive identification that it is a car laying on the bottom of the waterbody. An orange bouy would then be tied to the other end of the line if the magnet would stuck to what they had identified, thereby marking the spot for divers to dive under for a visual identification. Divers with radios and camera would dive to the car to assess the make and model, and to look for license plate.[9]
Cases
To date the group has solved 24 missing person cases.[4]
References
- ^ a b with Purpose/about "About Adventures with Purpose". YouTube.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b Weinman, Steve (2022-03-22). "Body-recovery divers crack 20th cold case - Divernet". divernet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Video YouTubers, Adventures with Purpose, help crack a missing persons case". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ a b c d Kesslen, Ben (2022-08-23). "Adventures with Purpose dive team, who found Kiely Rodni, have solved 23 other cold cases". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Adventures with Purpose: Volunteer dive team solves nearly 25 missing-person cold cases — and counting". FOX TV Digital Team. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ a b "Adventures With Purpose: Who are the divers who discovered body in search for Kiely Rodni?". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Joens, Philip. "Dive team that found missing Iowa man's body might sue for $100,000 reward". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "What is Adventures with Purpose, the team that says it found Kiely Rodni's body and car?". FOX40. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "How dive teams use advanced technology to search Pittsburgh's rivers for the missing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-10-25.