What These Friends Found in Their $20 Couch Will Shock You; What They Did Will Warm Your Heart (VIDEO)
When three roommates in New Paltz, N.Y. bought a $20 couch from a thrift store, they got much more than they bargained for – about $41,000 more.
Reese Werkhoven was sitting on the couch he bought with friends Cally Guasti and Lara Russo when he found an envelope under the armrest. It contained $700.
They searched the couch and found envelope after envelope, each stuffed with money. In all, the group dug up nearly $41,000 in cash. They were about to split their haul when they decided to investigate a name written on one of the envelopes.
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It turns out the couch belonged to an elderly widow who stored her life savings in its cushions. Her family wanted to surprise her with a new couch, so they unwittingly donated her makeshift piggy bank.
In the end, the friends returned the cash to the widow, who gave them $1,000 as a reward.
