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Have you ever thrown something valuable away by mistake? It happened to one family in Ohio, who didn’t realize they’d tossed $25,000 in cash. But they were able to reach out to officials with Republic Services and get their money back.
The family explained that they were cleaning out the house for their grandmother, including throwing away everything in the fridge and freezer. When the grandma told them there was an envelope with $25-thousand in it, it was too late and the trash had been picked up. But the garbage company was able to contact the driver before he reached the landfill and diverted him to a recycling facility in Oberlin instead.
Workers there were able to go through the contents of his vehicle and operations manager Dan Schoewe says it only took about 10 minutes of searching to find the cash.
I assume the fortune is back home in the refrigerator right where Gram Gram wants it.