Woman flushes wedding ring down toilet...?

Dolores Del Ciampo lost her late husband's wedding ring, and Dolores thought she'd lost it forever. She'd wrapped it in tissue to take it to be polished. Del Ciampo says, "And I just inadvertently threw the tissue away - into the bowl - and flushed."

When she realized what she'd done she began calling plumbers. The first four said, “Sorry, it's gone. And I thought, I'm going to persevere and I'm going to try one more, and he was the one who referred me to the MDC,” says Del Ciampo.

The Metropolitan District Commission -- the sewer and water authority for the region -- it was Dolores' last hope. She thought it was gone forever, gone in the maze of pipes. After she'd flushed the toilet the MDC workers, many who've been here for many years, say they've never tried to get something this small -- they didn't think it was possible.

"I actually thought it would be impossible to accomplish," says Edwin Ruiz. Edwin Ruiz was running a tiny camera searching the pipes for the pendant. "Luckily the light caught the glare," says Ruiz
But finding it was only half the battle. Now they had to get it out fighting the “elements.” "Lot of flow, lot of grit, a lot of paper towels and stuff like that," says Primo Randinone. Not to mention tricky pipe joints that could swallow the pendant forever.

"When I saw it, I just put my hand in there and scooped it up for her," says Randinone. Another worker's cell phone camera captured the happy reunion as Dolores got back the pendant.

"I can't begin to tell you -- there aren't words to tell you what I actually felt. I was just so happy and so ever grateful to everyone who just helped," says Del Ciampo. If it was another piece of jewelry Mrs. Del Ciampo says she would have let it go, but her husband died 5 months ago, just shy of their 50th wedding anniversary.

Wow, I really can’t believe they found this? Article here.