ZIP Advertisement 'I was shocked but distraught': Veteran's medals returned after they were found in a hotel dumpster Air Force vet retired 30 years ago Share Updated: 2:23 PM MST Mar 8, 2021 Air Force vet retired 30 years ago Share Updated: 2:23 PM MST Mar 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TYLER BRODER HAVE THE STORY. HE FOUND THIS APD SERGEANT GOT AN UNUSUAL CALL ABOUT SOMETHING FOUND IN A DUMPSTER THE MANAGER AT THE MIDTOWN INN & SUITES DID GIVE ME A CALL AND SHE SAID SHE FOUNDED THIS ITEM IN THE DUMPSTER AND SHE FOUND IT AND SHE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT’S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE. WHAT SHOULD WE DO A SHADOW BOX FULL OF AIR FORCE METALS. IT’S BASICALLY A DECORATION OF HIS CAREER THE NAME ON THE BOX JOHN ROARK HAS HIS MEDALS AND ALL HIS RANK ON THERE. BUT APD WANTED TO FIND THE MAN OR HIS FAMILY SO THEY WENT TO KOAT FOR HELP TARGET 7 DID SOME DIGGING AND FOUND A RETIRED AIR FORCE SERGEANT WITH THE SAME NAME LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES WE COULDN’T REACH HIM BUT WE DID FIND HIS FAMILY. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU’VE SEEN THIS PIECE? THINK OVER 30 YEARS GERALDO. CHANELLO IS THE SON OF THE MAN WHO WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDALS. I WAS SHOCKED BUT DISTRACT. CONFUSE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER IN IT TOO COINCIDENTALLY. HE’S ALSO A VOLUNTEER APD CHAPLAIN TODAY. HE GOT HIS FATHER’S MEDALS BACK. I’M GONNA EMAIL HIM AND HOPEFULLY DAD. LOOK WHAT I HAVE HERE NOW THEIR APD NOR THE FAMILY KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE MEDALS ENDED UP IN THIS DUMPSTER. IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE, YOU KNOW STOLEN AND THEN PROBABLY DISCARDED THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS, BUT ONE THING’S FOR SURE. THESE METALS ARE BACK WHERE THEY BELONG THOSE ARE CHERISHED THINGS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND AS CITIZENS NEED TO SHOW OUR DUE RESPECT FOR THE SUN TELLS US THE METALS WERE GIVEN TO HIS FATHER WHEN