Family Finds $45000 and Returns It

Earlier this week the Ferrin family purchased their first home in Salt Lake City and during Josh Ferrin’s first walk through the new home something miraculous happened. According to Josh something out of place caught his eye in the garage and after a short investigation something very valuable was found.

What Josh discovered was a WWII ammo tin which contained a large sum of money. Of course being that he had just purchased the home Josh continued to investigate what he was finding and in the process he found a few other bags containing even more money.

Eventually Josh managed to recover all of the cash which came to a total of $45,000. Josh said he immediately reacted and called members of his family for advice on what to do; he decided that locking the money safely in his car was probably the best thing to do for the time being.

After a few days of counting the money and finding out who it belonged to Josh Ferrin called the son of the man who previously owned the home. Josh said that at first he was not sure what to do with the money but after a few days thinking about it he realized that returning the money to the owner was the only thing he could do. Shortly thereafter Josh met with the previous owner’s son and transferred the $45,000 in cash to him. The story touched many hearts and according to Ferrin it will be used as a lesson to teach his young children the concept of honesty.

Jesse Koczon became a YouTube star after his parents uploaded a video of him sobbing because he was unsuccessful in running for governor of New Jersey in 2009 but now he is celebrating. In the video Koczon was talking to his mom about his attempt at running for governor and she quickly began filming; Jesse was also quite upset that he was not allowed to vote.

At the time Mrs. Koczon had no idea the video would become so popular but she says she has never regretted uploading it. Jesse immediately became popular and eventually even managed to win $10,000 on a popular TV show for home videos. None of them expected what happened this year though; New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reached out and offered his own kind of support.

In an official act Governor Christie officially made Jesse the state governor for a day, Jesses’s brother was also given the position of lieutenant governor for the same day. The two spent the day doing various things within the state government including even giving an official press conference.

Jesse was able to live out his childhood goal by being granted the position of governor for a day but he has said time and time again that he intends to run for office as soon as possible. Governor Christie reportedly gave him numerous tips and suggestions throughout the day as well; who knows, Jesse may eventually become a well known political figure all thanks to Governor Christie.