Marvin Rosales-Martinez claims a winning lottery ticket he found in a pile of leaves on Long Island. (Credit: CBS 2)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Many of us dream of it happening to us – we are walking down the street and we find a winning lottery ticket out of nowhere.

As WCBS 880’s Sophia Hall reported Saturday, that just about happened for one Long Island resident.

One month after Superstorm Sandy hit, landscaper Marvin Rosales-Martinez was raking leaves, and he found a Win for Life scratch-off ticket in a leaf pile.