New York sanitation workers find woman's lost wedding bands

NEW YORK — A New York City woman is thanking sanitation workers for doing the seemingly impossible: finding her lost wedding rings in a mountain of garbage.

Shannon Lombardo told WABC that she wrapped her wedding rings in a paper towel after cleaning them.

“I think I got distracted with the kids ... and I think I just crumpled it up and I didn’t feel the weight of them and I threw them out,” said Shannon.

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WABC reported that She and her husband, Jim Lombardo, called 311 and were connected with the sanitation department in Fairview, New Jersey.

"It wasn't so much about the money of the ring it was what it represented," she said.

For 30 minutes, the couple and the sanitation workers sifted through piles of trash.

WPIX reported that sanitation supervisor Gabriel Moreno was the first to spot it.

“I opened up the napkin and sure enough there it was, the wife was ecstatic and the husband he couldn't believe we actually found it,” he said.

“It’s pretty insane. All the things that went right to make it work,” Jim Lombardo said.

The sanitation workers say they were more than happy to do it.

“Seeing the happiness on their face, and I said that it’s a great time for them to renew their vows and stuff. As long as they felt good, I felt good,” sanitation worker Sekou Callender said.

"When it's a ring, you start to think wow that's a small item, but we've done it before, we're trained how to find it,” Moreno said.

It's pretty incredible, what these guys do, not only the job that they do on a daily basis, but the fact that they went above and beyond, it's very humbling and I'm so grateful that this city has this department,” Shannon Lombardo said.

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