The centerpiece of the New England Aquarium is the Giant Ocean Tank, a 200,000 gallon container that houses some of the aquarium’s most honored guests. Bob Pirrmann, a marketing executive and diving enthusiast, was scratching the back of a 560-lb sea turtle in the tank when a water jet attached to the tank’s filtration system went off and knocked Pirrmann off balance. The jet also knocked Pirrmann’s wedding ring off.
Pirrmann, who was in the tank as part of the kick off of a marketing campaign he helped to create, didn’t realize that his wedding band was missing until he exited the tank. He asked the aquarium’s regular diving staff to keep an eye out for the ring, but after three months, gave up hope that the ring would be found. About a week after purchasing a new band, he received an email from the aquarium saying that they’d located his ring, on a piece of finger coral in the tank, while the tank was being cleaned.
The aquarium returned the ring to Pirrmann and invited him to take a second dive in the tank, which he did – without his wedding ring. He plans to wear the backup ring he purchased and keep the original band in a safe place. The original band, made of silver, is tarnished, but Pirrmann doesn’t plan to polish it. He’ll keep it as is, he says, for its “story value.”
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