Missing BlackBerry held priceless memories
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WINNIPEG — How much are your memories worth?
For Natalie Antonio, who lost a BlackBerry containing footage of her son taking his first steps, the answer is $500.
The 27-year-old dental assistant was at Corydon Avenue’s Bar Italia last Wednesday when her BlackBerry Javelin went missing, and that’s what she’s offering as a reward to get it back.
Inside was a memory card containing the only copies of home photos and video Antonio assembled over the years.
That included footage of her now eight-year-old son Enjae learning to walk, scrambling across a wood floor and clapping with joy as he finished.
“He’s my only son,” said Antonio.
“You can always buy a new phone, you can’t buy a new memory.”
She said she was at the bar around 10 p.m. when she put down her phone and it disappeared.
About two months ago, she’d transferred all the images from an old computer in her home to the memory card in her phone. She panicked, and put up posters offering the reward in exchange for the memory card back.
She also sent out online messages to alert people in case someone tries to sell the BlackBerry.
She said she’s not focused on getting the BlackBerry back, but focused on the memory card.
“I told myself I was not going to give up,” she said. “My friends were sceptical.
They were like, ‘No one’s going to turn it in and if they find the phone they’re just going to chuck the memory card and keep the phone and use it.’”
The BlackBerry Javelin was in a black rubber case with a white memory card inside.
Antonio asked anyone who has the memory card to contact Bar Italia, and said they can do so anonymously.
“If that’s what it takes,” she said.
Gabrielle.giroday@freepress.mb.ca