Bunny mug found after Rockhill apartment fire gets reunited with its owner

A bunny mug that survived the fire at the YWCA Rockhill apartment complex earlier this week has been reunited with its owner.

Robyn Barnet found the mug lying in the rubble and made it her mission to find the owner of the mug. On Friday, she gave the piece back to Jaylin Hamilton, the mug's creator.

Nancy Larocque, Hamilton's step-mom, said their family learned on Thursday that the mug had survived, after reading a news story about Barnet's search for the mug's owner.

They reached out to her about getting it back. Barnet called them back in less than an hour.

"We were shocked and in awe that it survived," Larocque said. "I haven't seen it in years."

Jaylin made the mug while in Grade 3 at Weledeh Catholic school. It was in storage at the apartment, where Hamilton's ex lives with his two daughters. But now they'll keep it to remember the good things they have, Laroque explained.

"This one little cup survived in the rubble and it's a good feeling to have a little bit of that piece of goodness come out of this as well," Laroque said.

"It's the mementos of the things kids make that we want to keep."

With files from Marc Winkler and Emily Blake