A Texas man is reunited with the class ring he lost 56 years ago

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Al DiStefano with the ring he received upon graduating from Fordham University in 1969. The ring was found by David Orlowski using a metal detector just a few miles from where DiStefano says he lost it. (Al DiStefano)It was May 1969 when Al DiStefano stood on a dock on Long Island, New York, watching the sunset. '”That class ring was set with a red garnet and engraved with the seal of Fordham University — from which DiStefano was graduating — as well as his name and the year 1969. A closer look at Al DiStefano’s Fordham University class ring.