'I Couldn't Believe It'... Wedding Ring Dropped in Train Toilet Returned After a Month

Lost in Train Restroom, Found in Wastewater Tank
Antique Ring from 1905 Holds Special Meaning for the Couple

The story of a woman who accidentally dropped her wedding ring into the toilet of a commuter train and managed to recover it nearly a month later has become a topic of conversation. The ring was not found in an ordinary sewage pipe but in the train restroom’s wastewater storage tank.

On August 18 (local time), U.S. outlets including ABC7 New York and the New York Post reported that Julie Angelicola, a resident of New Jersey, lost her wedding ring on July 7 while commuting to work on the NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line and was reunited with it about a month later.

At the time, Angelicola found that no water was coming out of the restroom faucet, so she wiped the soap off her hands with tissue. In the process, she unwittingly wrapped the tissue around the finger with her ring and flushed it down the toilet without realizing. It was only after returning to her seat that she noticed the ring was missing. She reported the situation to a crew member and filed a lost item report with the service center.

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NJ Transit staff focused on the possibility that the ring had remained inside the train’s wastewater storage tank. According to the New York Post’s report on August 18, staff took the corresponding carriage out of service and moved it to the Meadowlands maintenance facility, where they lifted the train and detached the restroom tank.

When the tank was opened, the ring was surprisingly lying right on top of the contents. The service and inspection manager explained, “We sent the toilet unit directly to the sewage facility, opened the lid, and saw a ring-shaped deposit.”

On August 20, UPI reported that NJ Transit staff disinfected the ring and returned it to its owner at the customer center in Pennsylvania Station. Angelicola later visited the staff in person to express her gratitude for recovering her ring.

This ring, made in 1905, is an antique and is known to hold special significance for the Angelicola couple. After purchasing it at an antique shop, they discovered by coincidence that the initials engraved inside the ring matched the pet names they use for each other.

In a related story in 2025, Brides in the U.S. highlighted a woman in Idaho who dropped her 3-carat engagement ring into a toilet, which was later found by plumbers about 88 feet away in the sewer line. The recovery process took approximately five hours.

Additionally, in 2023, local media reported on a case in which a diamond ring lost down a toilet was found 13 years later during sewage treatment and returned to its owner, attracting widespread attention.

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