(14 Aug 2025)
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Wayne, Michigan – 13 August 2025
1. Various of the exterior of Ford Motor Co.’s Michigan Assembly Plant
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FILE: Wayne, Michigan – 14 June 2021
2. A Ford Bronco rolls along the assembly line inside Michigan Assembly
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Petersburg, Michigan – 14 August 2025
3. Various of Richard Guilford holding his wallet that was missing for 11 years
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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“So, I worked at Ford’s in 2014, and we worked on a 2015 Edge. Unbeknownst to me, I’d lost my wallet. I knew that I had lost my wallet. We looked for it. We looked the next day for it. Nobody could find it. I left it go. I didn’t hear nothing about it for 11 years. And then a month ago, a man contacted me.”
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Lake Crystal, Minnesota – 14 August 2025
5. Mechanic Chad Volk works on a vehicle in his shop
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Volk, found wallet:
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“So, I went to set the air cleaner in it, and it wouldn’t snap down in the place where it’s supposed to be. So, I messed around a little bit and then pulled it back out. And the wallet was sitting on a little ledge.”
7. Various of Volk doing auto repair work
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Volk, found wallet:
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“Got on Facebook and started scrolling through Facebook to try to find the owner to see if I can find it. And lo and behold, I found Richard.”
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Petersburg, Michigan – 14 August 2025
9. Guilford searches on his phone for Volk’s messages
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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“He said, ‘Did you lose your wallet years ago? If so, I found it in the engine bay of a car.’ I said, ‘Yes, I did.’ He said, ‘Well, it’s in Minnesota.’ I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’ I said, ‘Would you be willing to send that to me? I’d get a kick out of that.’”
11. Guilford holds up his phone, showing the message traffic between him and Volk
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Lake Crystal, Minnesota – 14 August 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Volk, found wallet:
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“So, I went down to the postal service, and I sent it back to him. And it took two or three days when he got it back, and he was excited.”
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Petersburg, Michigan – 14 August 2025
13. Various of Guilford pulling out his old Ford employee ID and holding it up
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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“It restores your faith in humanity that people will say, ‘Hey, you lost this. I found this. I’m going to get it back to you.’ … Think how hot that transmission got with that wallet. It should have fried it. It spent 11 years riding around in that car.”
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Lake Crystal, Minnesota – 14 August 2025
15. A look underneath the hood of a car in Volk’s shop
16. Various of Volk on the job
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Petersburg, Michigan – 14 August 2025
17. The wallet sits on a table
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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“And the fact that he found it, sent everything back to me. You don’t see that every day. People wouldn’t waste their time.”
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Lake Crystal, Minnesota – 14 August 2025
19. Volk removes a tire from a truck
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Petersburg, Michigan – 14 August 2025
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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21. The wallet’s items spread out on the table
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Guilford, lost wallet:
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“When you lose something, you never know what’s going to come back to you.”
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