Fishing for scooters in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower


An employee of bicycle sharing service Lime patrols to fish abandoned electric scooters out of the River Seine in Paris, France. — Photos: Reuters

PARIS: The proliferation of electric scooters for rent in the French capital has spawned a new Parisian profession: scooter fisherman.

Youva Hadjali, who works for the scooter startup Lime, was perched on the banks of the river Seine on Friday in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, pulling discarded mud-covered scooters from the water.

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