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Pittsburgh Airport Workers Find Diamond That Fell From Traveler's Ring
Domino Tower Measuring Over 33 Feet Tall Breaks World Record
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By Ben Hooper
June 18 (UPI) -- Workers from the Pittsburgh International Airport's main- tenance department spent hours searching for -- and eventually finding -- a dia- mond that fell from a travel- er's ring on the baggage carousel.
April Schmitt returned to Pittsburgh from a business trip to Los Angeles on Friday, and discovered the fabled bad luck of Friday the 13th was with her when she reached to get her suit- case from the baggage carousel.
"As I went to retrieve my bag from the carousel, my hand got stuck between the suitcase and the edge of the carousel. It pinched my hand, so I pulled my hand
back really quickly," she told KDKA-TV.
Schmitt realized on her drive home that the dia- mond was missing from the engagement ring her hus- band had given her in 1992.
She rushed back to the air- port and started searching for the gem, and she was soon joined by stationary engineer Tom Riordan, electrician Steve Turkaly and two other members of the airport's maintenance staff.
Schmitt ended up leaving empty-handed after about 90 minutes, but the employ- ees continued to search, and even removed panels from the carousel to search inside.
By Ben Hooper
June 26 (UPI) -- A YouTuber who specializes in domino feats broke a Guinness World Record when she and her team assembled the world's tallest domino structure, measuring 33 feet and 2.74 inches tall.
Lily Hevesh, aka Hevesh5 on YouTube, assembled a team of domino-building experts at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Stephan Burton, Alex Huang, Brady Dolan, Michael Fantauzzo, Paul Nelson, Wim van Otterdijk, William Ford, Pim Vriens, Ivan Kramskoy and Marco Vorbusch.
The team spent five days assembling a domino tower measuring 33 feet and 2.74 inches tall, breaking the previous record of 32 feet, 10.8 inches.
The team celebrated by throwing a stuffed squirrel toy at the top of the tower and watching it collapse.
Hevesh's team included
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