Nobles and Knaves.(EDITORIALS)

Washington Times, The, February, 2008

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Noble: Brian Ascher, for his amazing hunt to return a lost camera. On New Year's Eve, Mr. Ascher's fiance found a Canon digital camera in a taxi. His first attempts to find the owner via the Taxi and Limousine Commission and posting ads were futile. So Mr. Ascher and his family began the search on their own.

They pored over the 350 photos and two videos stored on the camera. Most were of New York City tourist destinations and included a group of children and adults. One showed the kids had nametags (Alan, Eileen, Noel, Noelle and Ciarnan) and the videos revealed Irish accents. Next, they noticed a doorman with a Radisson Hotel nametag.

Mr. Ascher's mom persuaded a Radisson employee to search the guest records and...