To most taxi riders, $100,000 left in the back of a cab is as good as gone, but John James is a lucky man.
CH Cabbie Returns $100K Worth Of Jewelry Left in Taxi
To most taxi riders, $100,000 left in the back of a cab is as good as gone, but John James is a lucky man.
After returning to his apartment at the National Arts Club Sunday afternoon, James realized he forgot a bag with $100,000 worth of jewelry and cash in the back seat of a taxi cab.
“I thought that it was the end of the world, James said.
With the help of a friend in city government and a receipt he thankfully kept, James was able to track down cabbie Zubiru Jalloh.
“The man had my possessions because he took it from the backseat when new passengers got on and were, I guess, messing with my tote bag,” James told 1010 WINS. ”He asked to have it lifted up to the front seat where he protected it and then took it home.”
TLC chairman David Yassky said it was important for people to keep their taxi receipts.
“We’ve got our GPS locators in every taxi, so if you give us the receipt, we can identify the taxi cab and find if your property is still there,” he said.
James got his bag back Monday and offered Jalloh a $1,000 reward, which the cabbie reluctantly accepted. Jalloh was also asked to attend the club’s Valentine’s Day party but declined the invitation.
When presented with the fact that he could have easily lied and said there was no bag in the cab, Jalloh, who is Muslim, said “of course.”
“But that’s not me. My religion does not accept that,” he told CBS 2′s Tony Aiello.
“People in New York, you know, try to give back because the city has been so good to us and you hear such horrible stories it’s nice to hear positive ones,” James said. “People that go about their business, everyday, doing and living are the real heroes.”
This is my job — to be honest and truthful to people. That’s exactly what my religion told me. He said ‘please, have this money’ so he gave me one thousand dollars cash,” Jalloh said.
kiddush hashem
kiddush hashem
bochur
chasidei umos haolam
Kol Hakavod!
If only all taxi drivers were like that!
pro religion
Thank G-d for religion
Heartwarming
What a heartwarming story!
may he be blessed
and go from strength to strength in his honesty and material rewards
Wow!!
a rightous goy
kiddush lubavitch
the effects of the Sheva Mitzvos campaign are amazing!
Not Completely a Tzaddik
It’s nice he returned the valuables once they tracked him down and asked him, but according to the law of New York he should have reported his find to the police without waiting for the owner to track him down. While he gets credit for telling the truth once he was asked, he’s obviously far from a complete tzaddik for waiting for it to get to that point – and if the owner hadn’t tracked him down, would he have eventually stepped forward and reported this on his own?
Religion?
“Thats what my religion told me”. funny coz I think my religion told me I can keep it. “Eilu metzius” anyone?
Mujayo
Kiddush Allah (do they even have such a concept?)
avrohom montreal
to # 9 not a tzadik
such a big nisayon probably he will never be able to save 100.000$ in one time(and he didn’t know how much there was in the briefcase
how do you know that you could pass such a nisayon
what about 1 milion or 2 or more???????????
To Number 10
Go back to Yeshiva.
i cant believe it
omg he is a very good man i cant even believe i am suprised he should get a credit!!!!!!!!
FearOfGps
Thank G_d for GPS!!!
This guy had no choice! Especially that it might of been planted by undercover guys. Logically, people don’t forget $100K in a cab. He figured he takes it home and wait for the call. He got the call.
Doris Jaffe
The Torah teaches us to return lost objects. We must make a sincere attempt to find the owner. How would any of you feel if you lost that bag of money/jewels? You would want it returned to you intact.
No matter how tempting it might be, and no matter what the monetary value is, we need to return lost goods to their owner as quickly as possible.
The cabbie should have reported it right away and turned it in to the authorities (who would have had to give him a receipt for it). Radio and TV news announcements could have said “a bag of valuables was left in a taxi” without describing the color of the bag or the contents. The true owner would come forward giving necessary details to prove ownership. Honesty is the best policy.