10 Gs Can’t Tempt Cabby
By AUSTIN PENNER
Daily News Staff Writer
NEW YORK - A tired cab driver was being called a hero today for his honesty. He returned $10,000 in cash that he found in the back of his taxi.
Taxi driver Syed Shah had just pulled into a gas station in New York City at 3 A.M. when he noticed a black purse on the floor. In the purse, he found $10,042, some credit cards, and a passport. Shah said, "I tried to find a telephone number or a beeper number, but I couldn't find anything." He had just finished a 12-hour work day. "I was tired, so I drove home and went to sleep:'
Shah is 33 years old and came to the U.S. from Pakistan six years ago. He is a devout Muslim, and he felt that it was his duty to return the money. So the next day, he drove to the Central Park police station and gave the money to the police. The police found the passenger.
The lucky passenger was a woman from Belgium, Jacqueline Loreau, who was in New York visiting her sister. She said, "I'm very happy today. It was a real surprise. I didn't have any hope of getting it back. I know I shouldn't have put everything in that bag. I was going back to my sister's house, but I left it in the taxi.”' Ms. Loreau called Shah "a good man" and promised to give him a reward.
When asked why he returned the money, Shah said, “I am a religious person. I didn't want a burden on my head.”
Violin Lost At Station
By BRANDON GOODMAN
New York Guardian
NEW YORK - Today a $100,000 violin was lost in Grand Central Station in New York City.
"I just put the violin down for a moment to make a telephone call," said John Coppola, a violinist with the Boston Symphony. "I know I shouldn't have left it standing there, but I only turned away for a moment. Then when I looked again, the violin was gone." Mr. Coppola was in New York for a visit with his family.
The police have searched the area and interviewed dozens of people, but no one noticed anyone carrying a violin.
Mr. Coppola has offered a big reward to anyone who brings back the violin. "Perhaps it was taken by mistake. If I get the violin back, I will pay a $5,000 reward - and no questions asked." Such a beautiful instrument needs to be played by an artist. What will happen to it now? New Yorkers are hoping that someone gives it back because robberies like this give the city a bad name.
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