A group of sanitation workers in Long Island is earning praise after searching through heaps of garbage to recover a woman's envelope containing $5,000 intended for her mortgage payment. Featured VideoThey eventually found the missing envelope, but the workers also declined a reward, according to the video. When a Long Island woman accidentally threw away an envelope with $5000 cash intended for her mortgage, sanitation workers sifted through tons of trash until they found it. AdvertisementThe sanitation worker approached the camera smiling and replied, "Yeah, Moms lost her mortgage money up in there, like $5,000, man. The clip documents the workers searching through trash and returning an envelope that the person recording says contained $5,000.