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February 27, 2013, Wednesday
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A homeless US man will soon have well over US$100,000 after returning an engagement ring to a woman who accidentally dropped it in his cup earlier this month.
Sarah Darling's fiance set up a website seeking donations for Billy Ray Harris, who frequently panhandles on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. By Monday, more than 6,000 people had donated more than US$145,000 to the fund.
"I think in our world we often jump to like the worst conclusion, and it just makes you realize that there are good people out there," Darling said.
Harris discovered the ring about an hour after Darling dumped spare change from her coin purse into his cup. She had taken off her ring earlier that day and put it with the coins.
"The ring was so big that I knew if it was real, it was expensive," Harris told KCTV.
Darling was horrorstruck when she realized the next day what she had done. She went back to Harris, squatted beside him and told him that she might have given him something valuable.
"'Was it a ring?'" he recalled asking her. "And she says, 'Yeah.' And I said 'Well, I have it.'"
"It seemed like a miracle," Darling said. "I thought for sure there was no way I would get it back."
Sarah Darling's fiance set up a website seeking donations for Billy Ray Harris, who frequently panhandles on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. By Monday, more than 6,000 people had donated more than US$145,000 to the fund.
"I think in our world we often jump to like the worst conclusion, and it just makes you realize that there are good people out there," Darling said.
Harris discovered the ring about an hour after Darling dumped spare change from her coin purse into his cup. She had taken off her ring earlier that day and put it with the coins.
"The ring was so big that I knew if it was real, it was expensive," Harris told KCTV.
Darling was horrorstruck when she realized the next day what she had done. She went back to Harris, squatted beside him and told him that she might have given him something valuable.
"'Was it a ring?'" he recalled asking her. "And she says, 'Yeah.' And I said 'Well, I have it.'"
"It seemed like a miracle," Darling said. "I thought for sure there was no way I would get it back."
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