CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - The Cambridge Fire Department Dive Team recovered a priceless treasure after a diamond ring was lost in the Charles River over the weekend.
Lt. Stephen Capuccio said the Dive Team and Marine Unit were called to the Charlesgate Yacht Club Sunday where a woman reportedly dropped her diamond ring into the Charles.
“I took off my rings because I didn’t want to get sunscreen all over them,” said Lynn Andrews, the woman whose ring slipped between the crack of the dock while she was with her husband, Ninos.
The couple of four years said they were visiting friends in Boston for the Fourth of July and enjoying some time out on the boat before the fireworks when Lynn asked her husband to put her rings in the pocket of his shirt.
“And of course, I said that’s a very bad idea,” said Ninos, chuckling.
Soon the temperature began to rise and Ninos decided to take off his shirt. “And he takes his shirt off on the dock and we hear these rings,” said Lynn, “I can still hear the noise.”
Ninos managed to catch one of the rings with his quick reflexes, Lynn said, but “the second ring went down the crack of the marina and was just sitting in between, wedged in between the crack, and unfortunately, the third ring, my engagement ring, we saw fall right down.”
Lynn said that a man in a boat docked next to the couple told them the fire department and dive team keep their boats nearby and suggested they ask for help recovering the ring.
Crews attempted a recovery after the woman and her husband said they had a good idea of where the ring ended up and because the area was free of hazards.
Dive Team member Jeremy Marrache was then able to locate the ring within five minutes of entering the water, according to Capuccio. The ring was then returned to the couple, Lynn and Ninos Andrews, who expressed relief and thanked the crews involved.
“It’s never coming off again,” said Lynn. “We just can’t be more thankful.”
The department also commended the work of all others involved, including Lt. Peter Melo and firefighters Eric Moore, Kevin Lawson, William Dusablon and Anthony Brooks.
The couple said the experience won’t stop them from visiting Boston in the future and plan to make it a tradition to come here for the Fourth of July.
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