It’s a minor miracle right out of a holiday movie: when a woman lost two cherished rings while vacationing in Boston, a stranger who was also on vacation happened to find them, moments after joining in the search.
Finding the rings on Boston Common was “total luck,” Kory Kelly told NBC10 Boston. “I mean, it was the first pile of leaves I walked over. I didn’t even bend down, I just kicked it over with my foot and there they were.”
Lori Lange had lost the two rings — one that belonged to her mother, the other her wedding ring, with a diamond for each of her seven grandchildren — when the Phoenix resident recently visited Boston on trip to her mother’s hometown last week.
The rings got lost while she was having some fun tossing the multi-colored fall leaves in the park, and it made her feel like she’d let her loved ones down: “By goofing around in leaves, I had disappointed them.”
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When she realized the rings were gone, she returned to Boston days later, according to her daughter, who reached out to NBC10 Boston with the story — and the acts of kindness that followed.
Several people stopped what they were doing to search the piles of leaves and find the ring, even holding off landscapers who were going to clear the leaves. And that’s when Kelly, who was visiting Boston with his own mother, stepped in.
“We see a bunch of ladies kind of on the ground digging through the leaves and I just thought, ‘What the heck are these people doing? Is this a northeastern thing?’”
Lange said she hadn’t told anyone else what she was looking for, leaving that to her friends, but she did tell him. She recalled what happened next: “He’s like, ‘We’ve got some time. I’m going to look.’ Him and his little boot just kicked. Like, before I even had a chance really to turn around he goes, ‘Is this it?’ I’m like…is this it?’ And I really don’t remember that first ring.”
He’d found Lange’s mother’s ring in an instant, providing instant relief and sparking cheers among the people searching.
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“My girlfriend is like, ‘I knew we’d find that one, if we didn’t find anything else,’” Lange said. And then Kelly said, “‘There’s two?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, there’s another one. My wedding ring. But that’s OK, that’s OK.’”
Moments later, he found that one, too — it was caught on video, with Lange screaming and hugging Kelly.
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At right, Lori Lange shows off her cherished rings, which she lost on Boston Common. A kind stranger, Kory Kelly, helped her find it, as seen in the still from a video at left.
The pair had messages for one another. Kelly, who called Lange “really sweet,” said he hopes their paths cross again and that she pays the kindness forward.
Lange was more effusive about Kelly: “I had already been over that spot, there’s actual video of other people who were just standing right over that spot. Nobody saw it. Kory saw it. I will believe he had his angel wings under his little red flannel shirt. Just his demeanor, his pure love and happiness and joy, he’s such a good person. And, yeah. Summed up Boston for me! It was pretty great.”
After her “Hallmark moment,” she had a message for Boston, too.
“There’s nothing like Boston in this entire world. It’s home. It’s home — and it’s great,” she said.
The ACC has released the Initial Availability Report for Boston College and Georgia Tech two days ahead of their matchup.
At the moment, Georgia Tech has one player listed as out in long snapper Will Benton IV.
Boston College, on the other hand, will be down multiple players.
The players listed out are linebacker Daveon Crouch, wide receiver Jaedn Skeete, wide receiver Johnathan Montague Jr., linebacker Jaylen Blackwell, defensive back Syair Torrence, defensive back Marcelous Townsend, defensive back Cameron Martinez, wide receiver Will Graves III, defensive lineman Micah Amedee, wide receiver Bryce Dopson, tight end Danny Edgehille, defensive lineman Ty Clemons, defensive lineman Onye Nwosisi, defensive tackle Owen Stoudmire, and defensive lineman Chuck Nnaeto.
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The Eagles also have one player placed as questionable and seven as probable.
The questionable player is defensive back Amari Jackson and the probable players include defensive back Omar Thornton, defensive back Max Tucker, defensive back TJ Green, defensive back Ashton McShane, defensive lineman E’Lla Boykin, offensive lineman Michael Crounse, and wide receiver Cedric Lott Jr.
Boston College head coach Bill O’Brien shared after practice on Thursday morning that Skeete was out for the season after suffering a shoulder injury in practice after the Notre Dame game, but is expecting to return to the program next season.
“No, he won’t be back,” said O’Brien. “He hurt his shoulder in practice the week after the Notre Dame game. But he’ll be back. I would tell you that he won’t be back this year, but I would anticipate him being back next year.”
In October, O’Brien shared that Torrence, Skeete, and Crouch were out for the season. Crouch and Skeete did end up returning for BC’s 25-10 loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 1, but have not played since.
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”No Bam [Crouch], I don’t think Bam will be able to return,” said O’Brien on Oct. 21. “Skeete won’t be able to return. Amari might. Amari might, not this game. Syair no, out for the season. There’s others, but yeah. [Jude] Bowry will be back. [Eryx] Daugherty won’t play in this game. So yeah, but there’s probably others. That’s off the top of my head.”
The conference will release an updated Availability Report on Friday and a final one on Saturday prior to kickoff.
A woman out for a run along the Charles in Boston couldn’t believe her eyes on Tuesday morning — floating on the water was a little reptile.
“I looked a little bit closer and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh! That’s a baby alligator!” Whitney Lieberman told NBC10 Boston.
She took some video of the animal encounter, just a crawl away from the Hatch Memorial Shell along the Esplanade.
“I was so caught off guard that I didn’t think to grab anyone else and say is anyone else seeing what I’m seeing here,” Lieberman said.
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Animal educator Joseph Kenney, of Joe’s Crazzy Critters, said the video does show an American alligator, and said it’s not dangerous, though the cold weather in Boston is dangerous to the animal.
And after he spoke to us, Kenney went out to find the gator.
“Actually in that same area — you guys had sent me the location after we spoke — he was tucked into some reeds, kind of along the edge there, in about a foot-and-a-half of water,” Kenney said. “He was just tucked in and laying on the bottom.”
In his social media post, Kenney explained that it took him just 15 minutes to locate the animal.
“With some luck and a couple of bright flashlights after 15 minutes I found the Boston alligator. I was able to capture him safely and he will be warm and housed until we get more information and instructions on what’s next for this little guy,” he wrote.
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MassWildlife told Boston.com that they’d seen videos of the alligator and were working with other agencies to catch it before the cold does.
A man sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot in Dorchester Tuesday afternoon, Boston Police said.
Officers went to 77 Bowdoin Ave. at 3:15 p.m. for a report of a person shot, said Sgt. Det. John Boyle, the department’s chief spokesman. At the scene, police found a man had been shot and took him to a hospital.
The man’s injuries were initially believed to be non-life-threatening, but police later said his injuries were more severe.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene, Boyle said.
The shooting remains under investigation and no arrests have been made, Boyle said.
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Charlie McKenna is a reporter on the public safety team at MassLive. Based in Boston, he covers the entire state. Before joining MassLive, McKenna worked for The Daily Item, where he covered Saugus, and on The…
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