MANHATTAN, N.Y. – New York sanitation workers came to the rescue of a man whose fiancee accidentally threw her diamond engagement ring in the trash.

Ashlee Palacio of Manhattan said she places the 3-karat diamond ring in a special tray on her nightstand almost every night, but Monday she fell asleep with the ring on her finger and in a sleepy haze she took it off and placed it next to some candy wrappers.

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