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May 9, 2008 11:27 am US/Eastern
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Memories Lost In '54 Resurface Off Key Biscayne
A Lost Graduation Ring Resurfaces Five Decades Later
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
It's an unlikely story, a graduation ring lost in 1954, found in the depths of Key Biscayne this past Sunday to be returned to its owner who will soon relive memories of youthful years thousands of miles away and almost half a century ago.
A Broward high school teacher, Jorge Balmori, 54, and his son, Jorge, spent serious time finding the college ring's owner using countless leads some of which went nowhere. It was much easier, they recalled, locating the ring with the assistance of their metal detector.
Through steadfastness, the owner was finally found with the help of his former college fraternity,
Sigma Chi Fraternity of Georgia Tech.
Graduated in 1952, now living in Seattle, Washington, David Perry, 78, will be reunited with his ring albeit he'll have to wait for the mail to arrive. He's a retired Naval Reserve captain and aerospace engineering manager.
He told
CBS4 Natalia Zea, "T
he ring slipped off my finger into the water. There it went. There went my heart with it because the ring meant an awful lot to me." It went down in seven-feet of water in Crandon Park when he was waterskiing with friends.
Balmori, who found the gold Georgia Tech class ring, added, "Our hope is that when we return this ring to him, it will bring him wonderful memories from this time back."
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