Police in New York City said they helped a couple ring in the new year by reuniting them with their missing engagement ring.
The diamond ring was dropped down a sewer grate Thursday near Times Square, as reported by NBC New York yesterday, Jan. 5.
Officers noticed the ring in a grate on Eighth Avenue and 48th Street and recovered it with the help of the Fire Department of the City of New York and a police emergency services unit.
TheThe City of New York Police Department (NYPD) said in a tweet yesterday the couple was reunited with their ring on Friday, Jan. 4.
💍 Ring in the new year & you won’t believe it—it fell down a sewer grate.
It’s the first engagement ring we recovered in 2019. NCO’s along with ESU & FDNY were able to retrieve the ring. Sound familiar? Well this time we gave it back at the scene in lieu of the @TheEllenShow pic.twitter.com/bFiZx5DLU4
— NYPD Midtown North (@NYPDMTN) January 5, 2019
While it was the first engagement ring recovered in 2019, the NYPD found another engagement ring last month that was given back to the couple on “The Ellen Show”. KM
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