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Three Italian 'Hobbits' Find Irishman's Lost Wedding Ring in Tuscan…

The ring slipped off during a family holiday near Lucca, and the men, aged thirty to thirty-five, searched by kayak, rope and mask; the reward was a nickname.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree men in Tuscany spent days diving in rapids to find an Irishman's wedding ring and then returned it, the Good News Network reports.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, that's lovely. The ring slipped off in the Serchio river on a family holiday, and these three strangers just decided it wasn't staying there.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey started from a kayak for two days. Then they roped themselves to boulders and dived in masks where the current was strongest.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRoped to boulders. For a stranger's ring. I'm sorry, I'm fine, I just need a second.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe ring is an eighteen-carat band, and the owner is Patrick Mohr from Dun Laoghaire.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe said he stood there a little bit paralyzed, knowing it was gone.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a man who had fully processed the loss, and then three strangers in diving masks reopened the case.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd they texted him a photo with the message, Hi Sméagol, look what we found.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHa! Hmm. I laughed. I'd like that noted as supportive of the story, not of you.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour hours in the rapids, a week of waiting between visits, and the first thing they sent him was Sméagol.

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