Jan 10 - Airport cleaner turns in lost iPad with $13,000 in case, gives away reward

A cleaning service worker at a Florida airport found an iPad – with $13,000 stuffed in its case – and turned it in. He then gave away the small reward he got from the owner to two people in need.
But that honesty and kindness paid off for Patrick Morgan, who was honored in a recognition ceremony Wednesday, NBCMiami.com reported.
Back in December, Morgan had spotted the lost iPad and hefty sum of cash when he was working an early shift at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
"I opened it first, and I saw all the money, and I quickly closed it back up," said Morgan, of Patrick's Cleaning Service.
Just minutes after Morgan alerted authorities about his discovery, the panicked iPad owner returned and gave Morgan $60 as a reward. Morgan then gave away some of the $60 to a homeless woman at the airport and the rest to a struggling cleaning employee.

To honor that honesty, the Broward County Aviation Department in Florida presented Morgan with a gift and plaque on Wednesday. His employer, Sunshine Cleaning Systems, also gave him $625, equivalent to a week of paid vacation, according to NBCMiami.com. This time, he said he'll keep the money, NBCMiami.com reported.
"Patrick is such an outstanding and honest person," Larry Calufetti, president of Sunshine Cleaning Systems, said in a statement. "What he did speaks volumes about his personality."
Morgan was reportedly brought to tears during Wednesday's ceremony: "It’s just a good feeling to know that I returned it and that's the bottom line. I wasn't looking for anything."
NBCMiami.com's Julia Bagg contributed to this story.

Airport cleaner turns in lost iPad with $13,000 in case, gives away reward - U.S. News

So proud of this good nicca...

I dont know about that. I am all for giving back whats not mine and !!, but dam, 13k can buy a bunch of stuff for me and my family. Probably end up giving back just the case and $3k

[pic] the cheap muthphucka gave him $60........[pic]

He turned in your ipad and $13k in cold hard cash and all you gave him was $60 [pic]

Good feel good story but that part k#lled my mood, sorry

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used to run the gates for Virgin Atlantic...people turned in stuff to our security guard all the time who had his backpack and the bag that goes to lost and found lol...easiest hustle around cause when they called three days later.. airlines claim that they didnt find it and it coulda been thrown away/ or carried off by another pax..

this dumb !! tried to keep the 4 grand in cash that she found in a seat...put it in HER locker..they went to search lockers and found that !! lol..shoulda dumped that joint in a rental locker then went it got it when leaving lol

I think most people woulda done the same thing...especially if they were at work when they found it, lol @ dude giving him only $60 tho..

I wouldve ditched the ipad and kept the money

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Wow

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[pic]....$60 bucks?....thats a damn shame....but if you're carrying anything over $10,000 on a plane you probably have to declare it with TSA or Custom Border Patrol...the service worker may have gotten caught up if he tried to keep it

this. youre at work, theyre going to suspect that somebody at the job took that !! from the rip, its not like you just a random person whos going bounce and not be found

13k sounds good on face value, until you lose your job and get arrested [pic]

He had to know the cameras were on him. There's no way I would have tried to take that.

!!ed up that they only gave him $60. Maybe $600 would be decent for saving ur[..].

Am I the only one who thinks this guy who lost the money was some form of drug dealer!? Who the !! carries 13k cash on them, if it legit!?!? [pic]

That's real. I would've gave him at least $1000. $60 though...

i wanna know more about the dumb mother!!er puttin 13 grand in his ipod case and then LEAVING IT SOMEWHERE [pic]

[pic] he look like a darker Timmy D

ust minutes after Morgan alerted authorities about his discovery, the panicked iPad owner returned and gave Morgan $60 as a reward."

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[pic] dudes face when he saw the "reward"

woulda left the money and kept the cash no question.