Seth Dixon literally took the plunge last Saturday evening when, in an attempt to ask Ruth Salas to marry him on the bridge over Kansas City’s Loose Park pond, he bent on one knee and — oops! — fumbled his $3,000 diamond engagement ring.
That moment, caught on a friend’s video showing the ring bouncing twice before falling into the pond through the bridge’s wood slats, went viral and snagged headlines as far away as Australia. It has gotten nearly 7 million views and their tale became part of Jimmy Fallon’s monologue on “The Tonight Show.”
Dixon, an Uber driver from Warrensburg, couldn’t find the ring despite going into chest-deep water. Nor could about a dozen church friends who also plunged in the next day.
Early Saturday morning, and unbeknownst to the the couple, four Kansas City scuba divers, toting wetsuits, dry suits, face masks and with single air tanks slung over their shoulders, gathered at the south end of the pond in hopes of retrieving the ring for the couple.
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