Sanitation workers in
Watson said she didn't realize what had happened until after the trash had been collected.
"I can't tell you how I felt," Watson told NJ.com. "I had so much to do that day and I couldn't do a thing. I just kept thinking I've got to get that ring back."
Watson called the
"She sent me a picture of what the wallet looked like and said the ring was inside the wallet," Quiles said.
The truck that had picked up the trash from Watson's street dumped out its contents at the landfill and Quiles launched a search with fellow sanitation workers
The men searched for about an hour and a half before finding the
"After about an hour-and-a-half we found it," Quiles said. "Wallet, phone charger, some stuff she needed for the gym and her ring."
The ACUA applauded its employees in a Facebook post.
"Thank you Alfredo, Jovani, Paul and Ramon for going above and beyond for a member of the community," the post said.
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