giving thanks for the recovery of a stolen boot, not because they would ever wear it again, as louisa molar shows us, it has great sent mental value. >> it's a well known symbol of good will in a high traffic area of boston. >> across the city, collect yearly. and typically around the house of downtown, they see the boot out front and people know, drop something in the boot. >> last may, this fire house got a taste of ill will when their boot and the donations were stolen. now, fast forward to thanksgiving day in a dark tunnel running under the center. a glimmer of good news. >> the company engine 33 and ladder 15 responded. >> and there it was. sliced in two, complete with its metal box. >> i couldn't believe it, to be honest with you. >> beyond the charity, this boot has special meaning for engine company 15. it raised money in honor of fallen brothers ed walsh and michael kennedy who died fighting a blaze in 2014. the metal box, a portion of the bumper forever ladder 2 where kennedy worked. and though it was found in a tunnel in an area frequented by homeless, fire commissioner, joseph,