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Message In A Bottle's 700-mile Journey Sparks Friendship
Between Girls
By Ben Hooper
June 26 (UPI) -
- A pair of 11- year-old U.S. girls struck up a friendship thanks to a message in a bottle that trav- eled about 700 miles in just two weeks.
Sofia Wilson, 11,
of Clifton Park, N.Y., said she and her family were in Florida during COVID- 19 lockdown, and she wrote about her feelings in a letter that was placed into a bot- tle and tossed into the water off the Fort Lauderdale coast during a boating
outing.
Sarah Beth Walters, 11, of Jacksonville, Fla., said she and her family were by the water during a trip to Olden Beach, N.C., when she spotted what initially appeared to be trash on the beach.
Walters found Wilson's mes- sage and the two 11-year-olds -- who share the same initials as well as similar blonde hair -- struck up a friendship using the contact infor- mation included in Wilson's note.
The girls' families said they now talk constantly and are working on a plan to meet in person.
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