Sanitation workers dig through trash to recover woman's lost mortgage money

LONG BEACH, N.J., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A group of sanitation workers in New York state dug through a hill of trash to find $5,000 accidentally thrown away by a Long Island woman.

Krishna Nadalall, 45, said his mother, Bayban, of Long Beach, had placed $5,000 for a mortgage payment in an envelope and she noticed the cash was missing Tuesday morning.

Nadalall, a sanitation worker, gathered three coworkers to sift through the multiple loads of trash that had been delivered to the Merrick Transfer Station.

Delrayo Goodman, a Hempstead city worker, witnessed the end of the search and posted a video of the aftermath to Facebook.

The workers were able to recover all but $40, which was apparently lost when some of the cash fell out of the envelope.

Nadalall said his mother offered to reward the men who helped him search, but they declined the offer.