Husband finds wife’s ring in rubble of their Paradise home
366 views · Published 16 November 2018 · 2:11 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(11 Nov 2018) A California game warden who had evacute his home in Paradise when the fire broke out there, returned to the town on Saturday to inspect the damage and look for his wife's wedding ring. Jake Olsen, state Fish and Wildlife warden, was one of many law enforcement agents who rushed to a retirement home to evacuate the infirm. He crammed three patients into his pickup, and his partner rode under a fire blanket in the bed with a fourth patient. Meanwhile, the Paradise home where he and and his wife and four children lived burned to the ground. So did Olsen's and his wife's parents' homes, his sister-in-law's home was also destroyed. On Saturday, his colleague helped him sift through the rubble and found his wife's wedding ring. A few minutes later, Olsen's wife called to check in and he tearfully told her the good news. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6b0b81dc9a7630499c13f0f7df6365ed
