A global hunt has been launched for a mystery good Samaritan who returned a four-carat diamond ring to its owner on Valentine's Day after she lost it at an airport and boarded a flight to London.
Navneet Guleria, 52, from Pennington, New Jersey, was passing through security at Newark Airport when she dropped the ring - a 25th wedding anniversary gift from her husband.
By the time she realised the band was gone, it was too late and she and her husband were already taxiing the runway.
But she has now been reunited with her precious after an unknown woman found it and handed it in to Transportation Security Administration Officer Meredith Grillos.
'Every time I go through the checkpoint i take m jewellery off,' she told Pix11 News. 'I dropped it and never noticed. So when I got on the plane I looked for my ring and it wasn't there. I just panicked and started shouting at my husband to do something, go and talk to someone.'
'I was devastated but when we got to London, my husband got on the phone and called the TSA and filed a claim,' she said.
When they returned home a week later, Navneet, who was born in New Delhi, India, called the TSA to see if there was any progress.
'They said, "we may have it and we will call you back in 15 minutes. She rang back and asked, 'what does the band look like? I said it was a thick band and she said, "okay, we have it."'
07/04/14 Daily Mail, UK
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Navneet Guleria, 52, from Pennington, New Jersey, was passing through security at Newark Airport when she dropped the ring - a 25th wedding anniversary gift from her husband.
By the time she realised the band was gone, it was too late and she and her husband were already taxiing the runway.
But she has now been reunited with her precious after an unknown woman found it and handed it in to Transportation Security Administration Officer Meredith Grillos.
'Every time I go through the checkpoint i take m jewellery off,' she told Pix11 News. 'I dropped it and never noticed. So when I got on the plane I looked for my ring and it wasn't there. I just panicked and started shouting at my husband to do something, go and talk to someone.'
'I was devastated but when we got to London, my husband got on the phone and called the TSA and filed a claim,' she said.
When they returned home a week later, Navneet, who was born in New Delhi, India, called the TSA to see if there was any progress.
'They said, "we may have it and we will call you back in 15 minutes. She rang back and asked, 'what does the band look like? I said it was a thick band and she said, "okay, we have it."'
07/04/14 Daily Mail, UK
