--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb	2013-12-15 11:45:55.960476540 +0000
+++ b/helpers/application_helper.rb	2013-12-15 12:49:41.032533340 +0000
@@ -573,6 +573,22 @@
           m
         end
       end
+	text.gsub!(/!([^(!]+?)(\.bmp|gif|jpg|jpe|jpeg|png)\s?(?:\(((?:[^\(\)]|\([^\)]+\))+?)\))?\!/i) do |m|
+        filename= $1.downcase+$2
+	alt =  "alt=\"#{$3}\""
+        # search for the picture in attachments
+        if found = Attachment.latest_attach(attachments, filename)
+          image_url = download_named_attachment_path(found, found.filename, :only_path => only_path)
+          desc = found.description.to_s.gsub('"', '')
+          if !desc.blank? 
+            alt = " title=\"#{desc}\" alt=\"#{desc}\""
+          end
+          "<img src=\"#{image_url}\"#{alt} />"
+        else
+          m
+        end
+       end
+      #One last effort to catch an attached image
     end
   end