Oh, sweet -

[kyburg]

If you found a camera in a cab, New Years Day in New York - and the only clues you have are the pictures in the camera...think you could get the camera back to its owner?

Absolutely.

Returning lost items has a special place in my heart. Folks from the last AOD will remember how hard I worked to return a backpack full of things a kid shucked to make masquerade on time...and once I had dug into it far enough to find identifying information, HAD to get it returned.

I can well imagine why they took the time and effort to get these pictures (and camera) back. I surely can.

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[angelicate.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. That story makes me happy.

[betnoir.livejournal.com]

PapaWolf is an Aggie (Class of '44). At that time, Texas A&M was all-men, hard-core ROTC. During marching exercises in NC, right after he was sent off to Officer's School, he pulled off his glove, and his class ring fell off onto the snow. Before he could get it, about 300 other guys had marched over it.

He figured it was lost and ordered a new one. That one got lost in the water off the Carolina Banks during paratrooping maneuvers.

Fastforward 20 years. PapaWolf is living and working in London. One day, a package arrives in the mail from North Carolina. Inside is his ring, with only the class year and the first three letters of his last name visible on the inside of the band.

The accompanying letter from a woman in NC stated that her husband had found the ring while out hunting. They had then contacted the Aggie alumni office, asking about anybody from the class of '44 with his first three letters of the last name. From there, they tracked him through three jobs until they finally found him in London.

My father was so stunned and gratefulm that he offered to send them some money for their troubles. They declined.

He still has that ring.

[simgaroop.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful story. It re-ignites my belief that there are still great, honest and kind people in this world. Kudos to you for doing that with the backpack. I'm sure the owner will alwaya be thankful for that.

I had a similar stoty last month. I went to Florida with my family on Christmas and my sister lost her purse at Epcot Center. We were crushed, because not only her camera was inside the purse, but also my niece's autograph book, will all the signatures of the Disney characters she had seen that day.

A couple hours after we reported the missing purse at Guest Relations, someone brought it there. The purse was complete, no missing money or camera. It was a very nice feeling, indeed.

My cousin found the drivers license of a woman from Baltimore on the street. We live in México, and it was in bad shape, but we still sent it back to her (to the address on the card). We never got an answer back, but we hope she got it.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I found a camera once at the Science Museum in Richmond (VA), and took it to the lost & found there. Only after turning it in did it occur to me what I should have done: taken a picture of the group I was with, grinning and waving, and then turned the camera in. Next time this happens, I know what to do.