Kicker: Diving for diamonds

NICK EICHER, HOST: A diamond wedding ring is back on the finger of a woman from Massachusetts, thanks to a little help from a good Samaritan.

Francesca Teal told NBC-10 Boston that she was tossing a football with her husband on a New Hampshire beach. Suddenly:

TEAL: I saw the ball just pop my finger right here, and I saw these two rings just slide right off my finger.

And just like that, a wedding band that once belonged to her great-grandmother was gone.

Or so it seemed.

The Good Samaritan saw her appeal on Facebook and sprang into action. He donned a wetsuit and headlamp—and spent three days searching for the ring—before discovering it in shallow water, under four inches of sand.

TEAL: Overwhelmed with emotion, crying - looked at my husband, said it was found - like no way! We were just so pumped!

When he found it, he sent Teal a picture, writing in a message: “Please tell me this is the ring so I can finally get off this beach.”

Teal said she was overwhelmed by the man’s kindness.

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