WATCH ABOVE: A Toronto woman is offering $5,000.00 for the return of her engagement ring, which to her is priceless. Peter Kim reports.
TORONTO — Agnes Park’s life changed last Wednesday before a red-eye flight from Vancouver. She was moments from boarding an Air Canada plane back to Toronto when she decided to go to the washroom to wash her hands.
“As I was drying my hands I put my ring down right by the mirror and I was like ‘don’t forget it’ and the minute I dried my hands I heard the announcement come on to board the plane. So I just grabbed my things, left the lounge and sat down on the plane,” she said.
“It was panic, it was fear”
Agnes ran off the plane and frantically inspected the washroom, but the ring was gone.
“There was actually a man in the lounge who saw me hysterical and he walked into the washroom and went down on his knees and tried to help search.”
Park has been scouring Kijiji and Craigslist almost daily. She’s also filed a police report and is turning to social media to help spread the word in the hopes of retrieving the ring her husband surprised her with at an impromptu baking class two years ago.
“For us, it’s eight years we’ve spent building a foundation for a commitment. So it means a lot,” said Park.
She’s offering a $5000.00 cash reward, no questions asked.
Mississauga resident Michael Sonsogno also lost his wedding ring while washing his hands during a day of fishing. The 30-year-old was visiting family in Florida when his wedding band fell into the sea while he was scrubbing a bit too vigorously.
Sonsogno paid divers $600 to sift through the ocean floor, but they turned up empty handed. It wasn’t until a shoreline cleanup this past weekend when volunteer Lou Nelson found the cherished ring among debris.
“It was a shiny, size 13 white gold ring,” said Nelson.
Agnes is hoping for a similar happy ending.
“It’s just something that’s pretty heart-breaking to know that it’s out there, someone has it, and they’ve decided to take the easier route and keep it,” said Park.
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