Talk about sweeping romantic gestures. When Brian McGuinn married his wife over five years ago, he likely would have done anything for her. But I'll bet he never expected that would include sifting tons of garbage at a landfill site.
After shaving one night, McGuinn tossed his a disposable razor, along with his wife's 1.5-carat, custom-designed platinum diamond engagement ring, into the garbage.
A man of action, McGuinn quickly contacted the Wheelabrator dump in Pompano Beach, Miami. Donning a mask, thick leather gloves, a hard hat and a full protective suit, he waded through "nine tons of garbage and 10-foot high piles of rotting trash."
Locating a proverbial needle in a haystack must've seemed easier. Yet McGuinn soldiered on, and 90 minutes later uncovered the precious ring "covered in disgusting black sludge, but still intact."
After giving the ring a thorough cleaning at a jewellers, McGuinn drove to his wife Anna's office and slipped the ring back on her finger.
"It was unbelievable," she said. "I'm never taking it off again."
I should hope not. I'm sure McGuinn earned some big fat brownie points in his gallant effort to get the ring back.
Have you ever lost something really precious? If you got it back, how did you do it?
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