BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman says she was ecstatic when waste workers helped her find diamond jewelry that she accidentally threw away.
Cecelia Callahan tells The Patriot Ledger (https://bit.ly/1U6Nw6U ) on Wednesday that she was cleaning her 3.1-carat engagement ring, a 1.75-carat diamond pendant and her grandmother’s diamond ring in preparation for a wedding anniversary dinner last week. She says she wrapped them in paper towels and left them on a countertop.
She tossed the towels when she heard the trash truck coming. The 51-year-old Norwell woman says she was “heartbroken” when she discovered her mistake.
A transportation supervisor at a transfer station made arrangements for the truck to drop the trash off at the Braintree station. Callahan, her husband and a loader operator searched the garbage until they found the jewelry.
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Information from: The (Quincy, Mass.) Patriot Ledger, https://www.patriotledger.com
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