RING OF LOVE: AMAZED PALS HAIL MIRACLE RELIC FOUND AMID WTC RUBBLE

Source: https://nypost.com/2002/01/17/ring-of-love-amazed-pals-hail-miracle-relic-found-amid-wtc-rubble/

                        Among the relics found in the ruins of the World Trade Center was a simple designer silver ring worn as a symbol of enduring friendship among celebrity friends. 

It is believed to belong to Berry Berenson, the widow of actor Tony Perkins, who was on American Airlines Flight 11 when terrorists hijacked it and crashed it into the north tower.
The 53-year-old photographer and actress was among those who perished in the inferno, but the sterling ring, adorned with a gold cross, survived the searing flames.
The elegant, distinctive ring stood out in a photo in Tuesday’s Post of precious personal items recovered at Ground Zero.
And two of Berenson’s closest friends – actress Donna Dixon and photo-studio and gallery owner Nuni Boylan – recognized it as soon as they saw it.

“I think it’s a miracle,” said Boylan, who said she sobbed after seeing the picture of her best friend’s cherished ring.
“I see it as a miraculous gift that they [the police] would have this – and a loving message from Berry,” she said.
“I know it’s her ring. I’m wearing the matching one on my hand. She gave me the ring as a friendship ring.”
Boylan, who is godmother to Elvis Perkins, 25, the younger of Berenson’s two sons, called The Post on Tuesday to ask about claiming the ring.
She said she wanted to give it to Elvis and Berry’s older son, Osgood, an actor who appeared in “Legally Blonde.”
“I’m not interested in any press around this. I just want it for the boys,” she said.
In an effort to help Boylan, The Post called police. But police sources said that Dixon and her husband, actor Dan Aykroyd, had already called to ask about the procedure to claim the ring.
Dixon also has the same ring – all three by jewelry designer to the stars Loree Rodkin.
A spokeswoman for Dixon did not return a call for comment yesterday.
After her death, many who knew and loved her described the beautiful, stylish and caring Berenson as an angel.
“She was notorious for opening her arms to people and had an amazing, artistic way of living life,” actress Susan Sarandon told People magazine last December.
Berry was the sister of actress Marisa Berenson, and their grandmother was famed couturier Elsa Schiaparelli, who pioneered the use of shocking pink as a chic fashion shade.
She married Perkins in 1973. The actor died of AIDS-related complications in 1992.
Boylan and Dixon’s quest to get the ring may not be so simple.
Friends do not have the legal standing to claim items belonging to the victims, said David Bookstaver, spokesman for the Office of Court Administration.
“The people who have standing to claim those valuables are family members,” he said. “They’d have to deal with the family or the executor of the will. Legally, the next of kin is entitled to those valuables.”
Family members trying to claim something that belonged to a deceased person “would have to have documentation from the Surrogate’s Court or the Family Center that you are who you say you are,” he said.
“One would assume that if you’ve lost a relative, you would have had some contact with the Family Center or the Surrogate Court to get a death certificate. You would have documentation.”
With proper identification, victims’ relatives can go to the Property Clerk’s office at One Police Plaza to claim items, authorities said.

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