Durango53
06-28-2004, 11:22 AM
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New England Patriots linebacker Tully Banta-Cain was reunited with the Super Bowl ring he accidentally left in a bathroom at a local mall.
Banta-Cain removed his diamond-studded ring when he went to wash his hands Saturday at Providence Place Mall. He returned minutes later, but the 14-karat white gold ring was gone. He alerted mall security and filed a report with police.
On Monday, he got the ring back. Lou Schorr, a fan who found it on the edge of a sink in the mall, arranged to return it, a team spokesman said Tuesday.
"I saw this clunker of a ring, just sitting there," Schorr told the Associated Press in a phone interview. "I carefully picked it up, placed it in a paper towel and put it in my pocket. Then I quickly went home."
Schorr, of Waltham, Mass., wasn't sure if the ring was the real thing, so he compared it to pictures on the team's Web site.
Schorr said he was a "nervous wreck" when he realized the ring belonged to a Super Bowl champion.
"This was serious stuff. There were so many diamonds it was like getting a bolt of lightning in your eyes when you looked at it," he said.
Schorr held onto the ring, showing it to friends and sleeping with it under his pillow.
He contacted the Patriots on Monday morning. He said he never thought about keeping the ring, said to be worth more than $20,000.
For his honesty, Schorr received autographed pictures of Banta-Cain and has been invited to the Patriots' home opener against Indianapolis.
What a dumb ass... There would be no way that thing ever came off my hand only if going into the safe!!!
Banta-Cain removed his diamond-studded ring when he went to wash his hands Saturday at Providence Place Mall. He returned minutes later, but the 14-karat white gold ring was gone. He alerted mall security and filed a report with police.
On Monday, he got the ring back. Lou Schorr, a fan who found it on the edge of a sink in the mall, arranged to return it, a team spokesman said Tuesday.
"I saw this clunker of a ring, just sitting there," Schorr told the Associated Press in a phone interview. "I carefully picked it up, placed it in a paper towel and put it in my pocket. Then I quickly went home."
Schorr, of Waltham, Mass., wasn't sure if the ring was the real thing, so he compared it to pictures on the team's Web site.
Schorr said he was a "nervous wreck" when he realized the ring belonged to a Super Bowl champion.
"This was serious stuff. There were so many diamonds it was like getting a bolt of lightning in your eyes when you looked at it," he said.
Schorr held onto the ring, showing it to friends and sleeping with it under his pillow.
He contacted the Patriots on Monday morning. He said he never thought about keeping the ring, said to be worth more than $20,000.
For his honesty, Schorr received autographed pictures of Banta-Cain and has been invited to the Patriots' home opener against Indianapolis.
What a dumb ass... There would be no way that thing ever came off my hand only if going into the safe!!!