Message in a bottle found amid Sandy debris written by girl who died three years ago
Source: NY Daily News
A dozen years ago, a 10-year-old girl wrote a message on a scrap of paper, placed it in a ginger-ale bottle and launched it into the waters off Long Island. Now, that bottle has been discovered amid a beach strewn with debris from Superstorm Sandy.
The girl who cast that bottle into the bay is dead, but her message has been passed along to her grieving mother.
"I was just sobbing when I heard they had found it," Mimi Fery said of the workers in the Long Island village of Patchogue, who not only found the message in the bottle, but called the woman and arranged for its ultimate return. "These are very, very kind people."
This weekend, Fery will return to the seaside village about 60 miles east of Manhattan where she will again thank the workers and attend a ceremony where a small plaque will be dedicated as a remembrance to Sidonie, village officials said. The 18-year-old died in a 2010 fall from a cliff in Switzerland.
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but I'm glad that the mother got back the bottle. It must have been a joy to have something back that had belonged to her daughter. I can't imagine losing an only child, particularly one who died so young.
Life can be so tough at times.
Don't forget to hug your loved ones.
