After a trip around 4820 kilometers long and about 4820 kilometers long, a post from the USA was found on the Azores.The Azores are 1369 kilometers west of the European mainland.Nevertheless, they belong to Portugal.
Christian Santos discovered the bottle of Central Atlantic during a fishing trip with his cousin.As he told the newspaper "Boston Glove", he often collects garbage while appearing in the flat sea waters.Later the 17-year-old showed his mother the post that he had found this time.According to the media reports, Molly Santos told her son that the news came from near Massachusetts.Christian was born there before the family moved to the Azores.Curiously they followed the instructions in the bottle.On site
FotografieDie Fischer in Morecambe Bay: Archaische Tradition im Watt One of many bottles from 2018
"It's Thanksgiving.I am 13 and visit my family in Rhode Island.I come from Vermont, "said the message out of the bottle.However, the email that Molly and Christian Santos sent to the given address remained unanswered.
It was no wonder that no answer came: Sean Smith was the sender of the bottle.According to media reports, the now 16-year-old had thrown several bottles into the sea with his relatives together on vacation in Rhode Island.He said to the CBS News broadcaster: "A couple of the bottles were found shortly thereafter, but then, two and a half years later, I had completely forgotten that we had done it at all."
Friendship across the Atlantic
Ultimately, mother and son still managed to reach the sender of the bottle from the Azores.When you did not get an answer to your email, the mother shared a post about the message on Facebook.This article, in turn."My first reaction was: what the hell?"said Smith CBS News.
Now the bottle, which the young person had completely forgotten, has networked two young people across the Atlantic.And above all, she created a memory that you don't forget so quickly: possibly even a friendship of the two boys of the same age.Sean Smith said CBS News: "I think we will try to stay in touch.It is a very special event."
