He asked a fellow fan to get a shot of his family with his digital camera and his cell phone. In all of the excitement, though, he forgot to get that camera back from the unknown fan.
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"Fantastic game, Giants come out on top," said McGee. "I was bummed when I didn't have the camera."
Mary Ellen McPaul was just as upset when she realized she had slipped the camera in her purse by mistake. The first grade teacher from Long Island realized she had the memories of a lifetime in her hand with no way to return them.
"I was just so sad that this man wasn't going to have photos with his family" said McPaul. "I thought I have to do something and get his camera."
That's when Mary Ellen went on a mission. She not only contacted the New York media, she also sent the pictures viral. She used Twitter and Facebook and even posted the pictures on YouTube, hoping someone would recognize them. It all worked. Tom McGee's son saw the pictures on a Chicago TV station and contacted her.
"I was just blown away, blown away she had done that much" said McGee.
Tom and Mary Ellen talked for a half hour and made arrangement for the camera's return, memories intact.
"It's just very reaffirming" said McGee. "You hear so much bad bews and to have something like this happen when I gave up on finding the camera."
"I would want someone to do it for me" said McPaul. "It's something I value, memories and spending time with family. I had to do everything I could to get this back to the man."
