New York: A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him to be honest.
"I'm broke, but I'm honest," 28-year-old Mohammad "Mukal" Asadujjaman said on Tuesday.
Felicia Lettieri, of Pompeii, Italy, and six relatives had taken two cabs from midtown Manhattan to Penn Station on Christmas Eve.
The 72-year-old Lettieri left her purse behind, with more than $21,000 of the group's travelling money, jewelry worth thousands more, and some of their passports.
Police advised the tourists they had little chance of recovering the lost goods.
Felicia Lettieri returned to Pompeii and could not immediately be reached for comment yesterday. Her sister, Francesca Lettieri, 79, of Long Island, told Newsday that the honest driver had saved her family's vacation, and said "We really love what he did."
The driver, a native of Bangladesh, saw the rolls of euros when he opened the bag to look for an address, but didn't even count the money. "My mother is my inspiration," said the soft-spoken cabbie. "She always said to be honest and work hard."
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