WEST SENECA, N.Y. — After their Buffalo shows, several Ringling Bros. crew members lost their luggage, because several bags fell off the tour’s coach bus. Two weeks later, Robert Moore got the news his suitcase was found.
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Ringling Bros. crew member Robert Moore has been asking Buffalo to help find his missing luggage for 2 weeks after several bags fell of the tour’s coach bus…@wkbw helped Evan in West Seneca share the news they’ve been found!https://t.co/6aOnFiJCcB pic.twitter.com/EO2zWg4fPm
A late-night trip for coffee changed Evan Czamara and his business partner Brian’s evening plans.
“We were going to Tim Horton’s out in Lackawanna, and as we were coming down, we noticed some bags that were in the road,” Evan said.
They are opening their new restaurant Legacy Sports Bar & Papa’s Pizza Oven in West Seneca.
While taking a break from the construction, they pulled over on Ridge Road, near the Thruway off-ramp, to pick up those bags in hopes of tracking down the owners.
“It just so happens that the Ringling logo is on one of the bags, and we were able to connect the dots. The one tag did say Robert on it, but that’s all it had,” Evan said. “Luckily you guys had a story out about it, I was able to look it up. We were able to make a connection and hopefully reunite the owner with his bags.”
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"It was panic," Robert said two weeks ago. "About an hour into our trip out of Buffalo, we hit a bump. Our driver didn't think much of it. It was dark. He didn't notice that the doors opened at the rear of the coach and was spraying the highway with our luggage for about 20 minutes."
Two weeks ago, Robert, a vendor on the tour, offered a $1,000 reward and told 7 News he and his co-workers needed help finding their luggage.
His own lost bag held dozens of his sketches that held personal significance and helped him during the long weeks of touring.
After returning to WNY from vacation, Evan figured out who the bags belonged to and Facetimed Robert, who was at a Boston Red Sox game, to share the good news.
“It means so much that the community has made a such a point to help me in this way. It’s a huge deal, a huge huge deal,” Robert said over that Facetime call.
As for that reward Robert was offering?
Evan declined the offer, and he would rather Robert save his money to help reconnect the luggage to himself.
“I can’t be more proud of you and thankful,” Robert said.
After the baseball game, Robert and Evan are planning a way to get the luggage back to their rightful owners.
