7 photos police officer went above and beyond the call of duty after she met an elderly woman whose engagement ring had been snatched right off her hand in the hospital .
wagner , who spent $ 400 on the ring in 1946 , said that the ring stayed on his wife 's finger for 67 years .
 
she purchased the ring and engagement ring .
i came in the morning , and i ' m holding her hand , talking to her , and the ring is gone , " arthur wagner , the woman 's , betty was sedated in a hospital bed at westside regional medical center in plantation . "
that ring went on there when she was a 20 - year - old , " says husband arthur wagner , whose wife , betty , has advancing alzheimer 's and is currently being kept sedated in a hospital . "