Posted on 01/25/2006 6:10:11 PM PST by beaversmom
Fred Murray was just trying to pick up a cheap video camera at a Goodwill in Flint, Michigan. He ended up saving some irreplaceable memories.
Inside the $8 camera was a 40-minute tape that showed the first moments in the life of a baby girl, being weighed and measured and held by a grandfather. It also showed a family reunion.
Murray tracked down the tape's owner, Sherry Ewing of Grand Blanc, and returned it to her Friday.
"The only people who would have seen that tape would be family. So I guess you're family now," Ewing, 46, told Murray. "Thank you so much."
The tape recorded the 1991 birth of Lauren, now 14. It also held footage of Ewing's mother, who died in 1998.
Murray, 59, and his wife, Rose, did a bit of detective work to track down Ewing.
A pillow in the video was embroidered with the name of the hospital. Nurses on the tape spoke of Friday the 13th and called out the baby's hospital identification number and weight. A doctor's name was legible on an identification badge. The hospital helped the couple find Ewing.
"We just knew we needed to get this back to the family," said Rose Murray, 57.
Finally a happy story.
What a cool story!
While going thru some boxes in my closet I found pictures I had stored away over 3 years ago, and I found some pictures of my mom and dad, both of whom have since passed. It was a nice trip down memory lane for me. I know the family enjoyed getting that film.
Nice story...Thanks for the good news.
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Great stuff. Thanks.
Unfortunately, a lot of footage (both film and video) is in the hands of people who don't really know what to do with it, sometimes by accident or sometimes by fate (the person who ends up with it may not be the one who cares about it).
I have some 16mm film from around 1946 that shows a couple parents with their kids, and also shows some footage around town. Some interesting stuff, but I have no idea how to contact the people in it.
What a nice person. there are good people in this world. We just never hear much about them due to the noise coming from the ones who are always complaining and whining about something.
Is there any way at all you can try to get the footage of the town identified?
I got the film from a friend, who even has a guess as to who the people are. Unfortunately, while the children would probably still be alive, she doesn't know the whereabouts of any of the relatives).
Possible HIPPA violation.
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