In spring 2010, Emerson encouraged Nik to join him for a midnight swim in the ocean during a long weekend break in Eleuthera - an island in the Bahamas. As Nik waved his hands beneath the surface of the sea, a ring his mother Pat had given to him slipped off his finger and sunk into the water below. Despite his best efforts, a distraught Nik was unable to locate the precious item.
A day later the couple returned to the same spot, determined to find the ring, but they knew the odds were against them. Still, they persisted. Over the course of the day, the couple took ten dives, all to no avail, before they returned to the shore. But, when he noticed the current drifting towards their right, Nik decided to give it one last chance and head slightly in that direction. As he submerged himself in the water, he saw a glimmer on the sand. There it was.