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<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/rings_n_1828857.html">Gaddist, a New York City parks worker </a>was hailed as a hero after he helped Danielle Carroll find her lost wedding ring. Carroll was teaching an outdoor painting class when she accidentally threw away her ring. When she returned to the park in the middle of the night to look for the ring, the trash cans had already been emptied. Carroll, however, stuck a note to the window of the garbage truck, alerting the driver that she believed her wedding ring to be among the trash. When Gaddist took the truck to Randalls Island to empty it, he decided to take a shot and search through the trash for the wedding ring. Gaddist returned the ring the next morning. "The first thing I did was give him a big hug and gush, Thank you, thank you so much," <a href="http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/nyc-parks-worker-finds-lost-wedding-ring-trash-192438979--abc-news-topstories.html">she said</a>. "Then I grabbed him again and gave him another hug and a kiss on the cheek. He knew how happy I was."

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