Watching a man set up and start to fly his 15 foot custom blue octopus kite on Pier 1 on a beautiful spring evening at golden hour, people were cheering, children watching in awe, and then after one beautiful soar through the sky the kite line is cut and the octopus dramatically falls into the Hudson river water. Children wailing. Audible “oh fuck” from the kite flyer. A beautiful octopus cut down in his prime.