I love a good story. I enjoy it even more when it highlights the altruistic nature of our community that is so often buried beneath the doom and gloom of people behaving badly.
Check out this feel good tale of a Marine sergeant and his bride who left their wedding album in a Fort Myers, Fla., airport in 2007. An airport employee found the book and refused to dump the gorgeous photos of the couple’s beach wedding in the trash or the lost and found.
The employee searched locally and then statewide. Last week, she contacted a television news crew and the story was featured on CNN.
The mystery was solved when a viewer suggested she look on the backs of the photos for clues. She found a name, began to dig on the internet and finally found the bride’s parents.
The photo album is now safe in the arms of the couple.
My family is constantly losing items as we PCS and travel to make simple visits with family and friends. I often think part of the price of being a military family is a willingness to be ready to place less importance on personal possessions, and lose a lot of them along the way.
I am thrilled that a stranger thought differently, and worked diligently until these photos found their way home.
