For Lisa Holbert, it is a memory of her late husband she never thought she’d get back, until a mechanic reunited her with the precious memento.
The widow of a North Texas firefighter got a precious piece of her past she never thought she'd get back and it's all thanks to a thoughtful mechanic with a keen eye.A gold service coin holds not only memories of Lisa Holbert's late husband but a story of service and loss.
In March 2020, Carrollton Fire Captain Lee Holbert received the coin for his 30 years of service with the fire department, but accidentally lost it the same day. "He said he heard it rolling and he said 'we looked and we looked and we looked and there was a little tiny thin area and I know it went right down there and it was somewhere on the streets of Carrollton,'" recalls Lisa Holbert.
Tragically, Lee passed away six months later, never finding his coin. At his memorial, both the fire chief and the police chief at the time gave Lisa their own anniversary coins.Then, almost three years later, fire mechanic Nick Anselmo caught a glimpse of something shiny deep inside a fire truck he was fixing.
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