Man Throws Out His Best Friend's Wedding Ring in Hopewell Junction
What would you do if you lost your wedding ring? 
Richard Cunningham of Westchester County entrusted a wedding ring to his friend, Michael McLendon. The ring belonged to Richard's late mother who had passed away the previous year.
On the cold, snowy morning of February 25th, Michael had that ring wrapped in a napkin sitting on his kitchen counter. He was going to have it appraised at a local jewelry store for his friend.
Michael took out the trash that morning, came back inside to finish getting ready for work and went to pick up the ring on the counter where he had last seen it. It was nowhere to be seen.
The trash! He had thrown out his friend's ring.
The garbage out front had already been picked up. Michael searched the entire kitchen, hoping and praying that he hadn't actually thrown it out, with no luck. The ring was gone.
Frantic, Michael jumped into his car and sped to the Royal Carting transfer depot on Rte 82 in Hopewell. The truck that had picked up the garbage was still on the road, so Royal Carting requested that it return to the depot.
When the truck came in, Royal Carting's workers sifted through 9 tons of trash for over an hour. Michael wanted to tell them to give up because the task was so disgusting.
Finally, they identified Michael's trash and intensified the search. Fifteen minutes later they found the wedding ring wrapped in a napkin.
Richard Cunningham, who had originally planned to sell his mother's wedding ring, has decided to keep it. Could there be another wedding in its future?Thanks to the heroic Royal Carting workers, there just might be.
How can you prevent this from happening to you?
Glue that ring to your finger! Well, if you have to take it off, place it inside a jewelry box or other secure location where it won't be disturbed and where you will remember to look for it. Make sure that location is well out of reach of children and mischievous felines.
Do you have a tale of wedding woe or disaster narrowly averted? Leave a comment and share the drama!
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|69.118.78.xxx |2010-04-23 17:00:01 Kristine Palmer - Lost Rings
Before I was a Wedding Photographer I was a Jeweler. I made bands for a couple in Ma. On a boating trip the Groom lost his ring. They hired a scuba diver and well...he found the ring! Just a bit of advice,rings fit much tighter in the summer months than in the cold or winter months Size accordingly!
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I was at work and we had a employee Olympics on the lawn at Children's hospital Los Angeles. This was one week after I was married and during the potato sack race it must have come off my finger. I didn't realize it was gone till 10 minutes after the race was over. We looked for hours and I did not find it and now there is a tower where the lawn used to be. It is probably buried and part of LA history. Got a new ring and this one is tight on my finger.
