As kites of all shapes and sizes soared above the beaches during this weekend’s sixth annual LBI FLY International Kite Festival, one kite in particular had the power to change two lives forever.
In a heartwarming and high-flying spectacle on the 18th Street beach in Ship Bottom Saturday, Nick Aninsman of Bensalem, Pa., proposed marriage to his girlfriend of five years, Karli Modaferri of New Hope, Pa., with a unique kite he had commissioned for the occasion.
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