Remove Elements from fullcalendar (by dragging to trash can)

I have a fullcalendar with external elements being dragged onto it. I'm relatively new to jquery. I don't know quite how to get the ID of the object being dragged to a "trash can" icon. I simply want to drag items off of the calendar to a image and when I let go of the mouse the item is removed.
This is my code.....
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt;
<html>
<head>
<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='../fullcalendar.css' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='../jquery/jquery.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='../jquery/jquery-ui-custom.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='../fullcalendar.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>

    $(document).ready(function() {


        /* initialize the external events
        -----------------------------------------------------------------*/

        $('#external-events div.external-event').each(function() {

            // create an Event Object (http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_data/Event_Object/)
            // it doesn't need to have a start or end
            var eventObject = {
                title: $.trim($(this).text()) // use the element's text as the event title
            };

            // store the Event Object in the DOM element so we can get to it later
            $(this).data('eventObject', eventObject);



            // make the event draggable using jQuery UI
            $(this).draggable({
                zIndex: 999,
                revert: true,      // will cause the event to go back to its
                revertDuration: 0  //  original position after the drag
            });

        });




        /* initialize the calendar
        -----------------------------------------------------------------*/

        $('#calendar').fullCalendar({
            header: {
                left: 'prev,next today',
                center: 'title',
                right: 'month,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
            },
            editable: true,
            droppable: true, // this allows things to be dropped onto the calendar !!!
            drop: function(date, allDay) { // this function is called when something is dropped

                // retrieve the dropped element's stored Event Object
                var originalEventObject = $(this).data('eventObject');

                // we need to copy it, so that multiple events don't have a reference to the same object
                var copiedEventObject = $.extend({}, originalEventObject);

                // assign it the date that was reported
                copiedEventObject.start = date;
                copiedEventObject.allDay = allDay;



                // render the event on the calendar
                // the last `true` argument determines if the event "sticks" (http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_rendering/renderEvent/)
                $('#calendar').fullCalendar('renderEvent', copiedEventObject, true);

                // is the "remove after drop" checkbox checked?
                if ($('#drop-remove').is(':checked')) {
                    // if so, remove the element from the "Draggable Events" list
                    $(this).remove();

                }
            }

        });

    });

</script>
<style type='text/css'>

    body {
        margin-top: 40px;
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 14px;
        font-family: "Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
        }

    #wrap {
        width: 1100px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        }

    #external-events {
        float: left;
        width: 150px;
        padding: 0 10px;
        border: 1px solid #ccc;
        background: #eee;
        text-align: left;
        }

    #external-events h4 {
        font-size: 16px;
        margin-top: 0;
        padding-top: 1em;
        }

    .external-event { /* try to mimick the look of a real event */
        margin: 10px 0;
        padding: 2px 4px;
        background: #3366CC;
        color: #fff;
        font-size: .85em;
        cursor: pointer;
        }

    #external-events p {
        margin: 1.5em 0;
        font-size: 11px;
        color: #666;
        }

    #external-events p input {
        margin: 0;
        vertical-align: middle;
        }

    #calendar {
        float: right;
        width: 900px;
        }

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='wrap'>

<div id='external-events'>
<h4>Draggable Events</h4>
<div class='external-event'>even1</div>
<div class='external-event'>even2</div>

<p>
<input type='checkbox' id='drop-remove' /> <label for='drop-remove'>remove after drop</label>
</p>
</div>

<div id='calendar'></div>

<img src="redmond/images/trash.png" id="trash">

<div style='clear:both'></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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