Lawrence Policastro was the owner of the backpack. When he got out of Nestor's taxi, he forgot to take his backpack. Lawrence was very upset and did not know what to do. The jewelry was worth $70,000 Lawrence called his wife at home to tell her the bad news. Surprisingly, she was not upset. In fact, she was very happy. She told him that the taxi driver found the backpack with all the jewelry inside. Nestor used the cell phone to call Lawrence's home. He was not there, so Nestor spoke to Lawrence's wife. Lawrence was vety excited, and very relieved! A short time later, Nestor returned the backpack to its ownrr. Lawrence wss so happy that he gave Nestor a $500 reward. The honest taxi driver did not want to take the money, but Lawrence insistsd. "I love New York," said Lawrence, "and I love New York City taxi drivers!