We’ve all accidentally thrown something valuable away in the trash, but what if that something was worth more than $10,000? Would you swim in a pile of waste to find it?
One husband was faced with that conundrum and he didn’t think twice.
“The worst move of my life, horrible,” is how Brian McGuinn says he felt when he realized he had thrown out his wife’s engagement ring.
McGuinn, from Margate, Fla., meant to throw out a disposable razor, and ended up chucking the ring with it. The one and a half carat diamond ring was valued at around $10,000, and worth its weight in sentimental value.
He and his wife Anna have been married five years, and are now expecting a child.
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“I just started crying and I would stop crying, and remind myself that jewelry is replaceable,” says Anna.
By the time they realized what happened, Waste Management had already picked up the trash from their community. Devastated, Anna called Wheelabrator — the waste management company, and within an hour, McGuinn was suited up, ready to jump into more than eight tons of garbage.
Workers were able to identify the garbage from McGuinn’s collection route, they even leveled the 10-foot high pile so that he could search for the ring.
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article courtesy of MSNBC.com
