It’s like Homeward Bound, but without the weirdly dubbed dogs and cats. Alan Murphy had lost his digital camera in a New York cab, but thanks to the digital photos he had on the camera and some smart New Yorkers, they were able to reunite him with his lost property. 

“Erika Gunderson found Murphy’s camera in a New York City taxi cab on New Year’s Eve. Using clues from photos and video stored on the camera, Brian Ascher, Gunderson’s fiance, was able to track down Murphy in Sydney, Australia and return his camera to him.”

You can read the original AP story here. It’s really amazing just how much time and effort that these two people (and one very intelligent mother) put into reuniting the camera with Murphy. Most people probably would have put it up on Ebay and made a nice profit off of the new find. Luckily there’s still some moral individuals left in the world. 

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