Photo Clues Lead to Camera's Owner

01.25.2008

Stories like this one about a lost camera, memories of the vacation of a lifetime, and honest (and determined) detectives help to restore my faith in people.

At dusk on New Year’s Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery.
Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn’t seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.

Go read the rest — it’s well worth it.

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