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Updated: 9:40 PM Aug 19, 2008
Message In A Bottle Has Ties To Carteret County
An amazing story to tell you about a tale right out of the movies, and one of two worlds coming together twenty years later.
Posted: 7:05 PM Aug 19, 2008Reporter: Christine Kennedy |
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An amazing story to tell you about a tale right out of the movies, and one of two worlds coming together twenty years later.
It's an unbelievable story of a message in a bottle found thousands of miles away.
20 years ago, in 1988 Angie Goodwin of Atlantic in Carteret County tossed a glass bottle into the ocean with a message inside. She was ten years old at the time.
5 years later, and thousand and thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1993 Thomas McGrath was walking along the beach in South Ireland when he spotted a rusty bottle floating in the sea. He broke open the glass bottle and believe it or not, Angie's message was inside. On Tuesday McGrath flew into Carteret County to meet Angie. Goodwin who is now thirty is getting the hand delivery of the message she tossed in the ocean 20 years ago.
McGrath did talk to Angie when he first found the bottle in 1993, Angie was fourteen at the time, but the two haven't talked much since. Angie says her kids are now tossing bottles into the sea, in hopes of another dream coming true.
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It was the most magical moment to finally meet Angie and her delightful family. I was so impressed with everyone I met that I plan to buy a home in the area in the near future.
Wow the story is so amazing. Tom is my dear friend of mine that i love dearly. He is really kind,sweet,and a wonderful person.
THANKS FOR THE INTEREST IN THE STORY, ANGIE IS MY DAUGHTER. WE WERE ON CORE BANKS IN 1988 WITH FRIENDS AND THEIR CHILDREN.THE BOTTLTE WAS THROWN IN THE OCEAN AND RETURNED. THEN THEY THREW IT AGAIN AND AWAY IT WENT. THIS STORY IS GREAT. I AM EXCITED ANGIE AND MR. TOM GOT TO MEET.THEY HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING LETTERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THIS WAS AND IS SO SPECIAL. THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS A DREAM COME TRUE.
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