Thanks to the kindness of strangers these precious lost objects were returned to their rightful (and thankful) owners.

Lost: A Wallet Belonging to a Soldier Headed Home

It was the night before he was supposed to fly home. Without realizing it, American solider Chad Reid dropped his wallet on an Afghanistan street, losing his credit cards—and his all-important military I.D.

Found: Luckily, civilian aircraft mechanic Bill Peasley was looking down at just the right moment as he walked to dinner that night, and he spotted the wallet. After phone calls to Reid’s mother in Denver and grandfather in Pennsylvania, the the two men used Facebook to coordinate in the few hours Reid had left before his plane. Reid got his wallet back just in time to board his flight back to the States.

 

Lost: Once-in-a-Lifetime Vacation Photos

Montreal residents Shoshana and Dez thought their priceless photos of New York City were gone forever after they lost their digital camera’s memory card during a 2008 trip. They posted an ad on Craigslist, but nothing turned up.

Found: The couple was shocked when the memory card arrived in the mail—three years later. Kelly Sullivan, a Museum of Modern Art attendant who was working the day Shoshana and Dez visited, had noticed the tiny memory card on the museum floor. She posted the photos to ifoundyourcamera.net, where Nicole Backs, a student in British Columbia stumbled on them while idly looking through photos. Backs had recognized Shoshana as a friend of her mom’s, and the card made its way back home. “What were the odds?” said Backs.

 

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