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Family's priceless quilt found by airport janitor

May 30, 2015

A Texas family is being reunited with a lost quilt that was found at Orlando International Airport.

The Mantanona family lost the important quilt during a recent visit to Orlando.

The family said the quilt is made from their son Jarrett's shirts. The boy was killed by a drunk driver in 2011.

Orlando police said a janitor found the quilt at OIA and turned it in to authorities. The janitor was rewarded $500.

The Mantanona family originally posted a plea on its Facebook page asking for help finding the quilt. Now the family says they feel blessed that someone found the priceless item.

This may not look like much more than a random quilt, but there so much to it. On May 13, 2011 my son, 8 years old, was...

Posted by Michelle Ann Rottet Mantanona on Monday, May 25, 2015

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