Kicker - Searching for lost treasure

NICK EICHER, HOST: In New Jersey some kind-hearted sanitation workers recently spent two hours digging through a landfill.

They were looking for a couple of items that Ruth Watson’s 10-year-old accidentally threw away.

It happened just as these things tend to happen: She tossed the valuables into a grocery bag. Awhile later her son was rounding up the trash, he happened to grab that bag and before she knew it, it was on the curb.

Watson realized what had happened just after the truck came by. She spoke with television station WCAU.

WATSON: You can’t replace it. I immediately called the trash company.

A short time later, four sanitation workers, including this one drove the truck to a landfill, emptied its contents, and began sifting.

QUILES: It was like a needle in a haystack. It was very overwhelming.

But eventually, they spotted the yellow plastic Dollar General bag. Inside it was Ruth Watson’s wallet. And inside the wallet was her wedding ring.

QUILES: And at the end I was happy because I did a good deed for someone who was looking for something valuable.

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