Two divers working their shift at a shipyard in Mississippi discovered a bottle with a sun-bleached note inside. Although they could not make out all the information on the note written in 1989, they were able to figure out a possible last name of the writer. The divers shared their findings on social media and were connected with a family who wanted to see the message for themselves…

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One Good Thing: Message in a Bottle Written by Lost Loved One

we'd like to tell you about one good thing happening in the world today on Cheddars news wrap a pair of divers discovered a message in a bottle that in a way brought back a life. Let's explain to salvage drivers billy Mitchell and brad bab were working their normal shift at a shipyard in Mississippi. When they came across this green bottle on the Yazoo river Mitchell realized there was actually a note inside the bar. The two used sticks to extract the remains of the letter from the bottle and although it was sun bleached, ripped and torn, they were still able to make out some of the words what they could read told them it was written by a boy with the last name of tall or doll from Oxford. Mississippi in the year 1989. The crew wanted to reunite the author with the letter. So they to, to social media and shared what they found saying, quote, we would like to let that person know we found it. Please spread the word and help us find this person. While they weren't able to reunite the author with their notes. Something pretty special happened. Eventually married couple eric and Melanie doll along with their son. Chris came across the post, they drove 200 miles to the shipyard to see the letter in person Written by their son Brian who passed away at the age of 29 in an accident, Brian was 11 years old when he wrote the letter during a school field trip at another Mississippi River. The diver said it was all tears and smiles when they met Brian's family, Mitchell said, quote, he's with them. Still. I think that's what the note meant when he found it to let his parents know that he was watching over them as well. That is so touching.