Another Day, Another Dollar (Make That 30 Cents)
Desi cab driver finds stash in trunk.
By Hilal Nakiboglu Isler, February 7, 2007, Travel, News, Daily
Osman Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi cab driver who lives in Queens, discovered a black suitcase in his trunk Monday night after dropping a passenger off in Midtown Manhattan.
The owner, a woman who gave him a [1] 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare, accidentally left it in the trunk.
The suitcase contained [2] 31 diamond rings.
Chowdhury spent hours trying to track the woman down, eventually calling her mother in Dallas after finding the number listed on a small tag.
“I’m not going to take someone else’s money or property to make me rich,” [3] said Chowdhury, who has been in the US for the past 15 years, [4] adding: “why would I think I could keep it? It wasn’t mine.”
In New York City, Bangladesh ranks as the “[5] number one country of origin for first-time cab drivers.” Many, including Chowdhury, are members of New York’s [6] Taxi Workers’ Alliance, founded by labor activist [7] Bhairavi Desai.
More:
[8] Driving Miss Desi
[9] The New York Cab Driver-Workout
The New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance [10] is recognized by LeadershipForChange.Org
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[1] 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-licab0208,0,307100.story?coll=ny
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[2] 31 diamond rings: http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6051440&nav=0nqx
[3] said Chowdhury: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/honest_cabbie;_ylt=AkQHSK8Cq_sYc81E3o8I6TMDW7oF
[4] adding: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-licab0208,0,307100.story?coll=ny
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[5] number one country of origin for first-time cab drivers: http://www.schallerconsult.com/taxi/taxidriverreport.htm
[6] Taxi Workers’ Alliance: http://socialjustice.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/index.php/Taxi_Workers_Alliance
[7] Bhairavi Desai: http://www.sawnet.org/news/bhairavi1.html
[8] Driving Miss Desi: http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003307.html
[9] The New York Cab Driver-Workout: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/nyregion/28gym.html?ex=1170997200&en=425ec
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[10] is recognized : http://leadershipforchange.org/awardees/awardee.php3?ID=307
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