Well, to happen
to hold applies to a wedding
couple, but recently it did
not apply to a wedding ring.
An Anoka woman lost her beloved
ring this winter, but Boyd Hoopr
finds what happened next may pra
girl's best friend is her commu.
Before the glacier like
retreat of what's felt like the
longest winter ever, she arrive.
This is different Darnell
Sue's nice way of saying Anoka,
MN isn't Seattle from where she came.
I think the long prolonged peris
of of colds are sort of getting
to me at this point. That cold
in which she stood gloveless net
to her husband Jason last Decem,
minutes before that ring on her
finger. Slipped off.
I didn't realize that in cold
weather that your fingers shrin.
Look at that. That
ring, the one her great Aunt
Melba had worn for her wedding.
The family heirloom that also gd
Darnell's finger on her April wedding
day was gone before she knew it.
I didn't notice until the next .
Panic set in as Darnell mentally
retraced her steps through an
evening out with friends walkin.
In downtown Anoka,
there's no way we're
going to find this ring.
It's just not possible.
You just don't do that.
Doesn't happen. In
desperation, she messaged the owner of
Billy's Bar and Grill where they'd eat.
I was putting myself in her sho.
Aaron. Justin thought about
her own wedding ring.
I was almost sick to my stomach
for her and what it must be
like to be a transplant.
Everything is new. You don't re.
You don't know anybody. I mean,
I guess I just kind of wanted to
give her that feeling of friend.
So Aaron made a plea for help.
On the Anoka community Facebook page,
I really didn't expect
it to blow up like that.
And soon everyone in Anoka seemd
to be looking for the ring.
Everyone but the person who foud
it. I was just kind of like rocg
back and forth, looking at my f.
And then it was right there.
Bridget Anderson had stopped at Anoka's
grain and feed to buy corn for the ducks
on the Rum River nearby, perched on a
sidewalk just like this. She spotted it. It was right there, and I picked it up.
Bridget showed the ring to her .
Yeah, I told her this is a wedding ring.
Someone is missing this. After h
Amy and Bridget walked directly
to the Anoka Police Department.
I want Bridget to know the
right thing to do in life.
And that was the right thing to,
the right thing to do to hand the ring.
Yeah, turned out good
to Keaton Roden, the community service
officer who's Police Department
coworker had happened to see its
crazy Aaron's Facebook post and
tipped Captain Andy Youngquist.
Darnell sent me a picture of the ring.
I compared the two and raxley.
It was it was the ring.
Felt surreal, like it was a dre.
Like you you don't lose a ring
and just get it back. You don't.
But it's my ring. I got it back.
Which got her thinking about ths
cold place in which she'd lande.
Tell you what. If we were in Seattle,
we would not be sitting here
right now because he would not
have that ring back. No way.
Which brings us here.
Good morning to Anoka.
Middle School for the arts.
Always nervous walking into a school.
I don't know why. Maybe
it's the 8th grader. Thank you, card.
She's about to meet for the fir.
You must be Bridget time.
Hi, I'm Darnell. A greeting
and a gift of something cold
ice cream place. How fitting.
Can I give you a hug? Yeah.
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate you. For
Darnell's opinion of her new hometown
has thought considerably.
We did find some warmth in
this cold place. Boyd Hooper,
Care 11 News free. Cool. Anopa.
Sky high housing prices in Seate
were largely behind Darnell and Jason's
decision to move to the Midwest.
They've now started looking for
a house to buy. No surprise,
Anoka is at the top of their li.
Love that. Way to go to that mom saying,
I just want to know the right thing to do.
Well done, Anoka.