A message in a bottle that travelled more than 2,000 miles (3,200km) has received a response – three years after beginning its epic journey.
Sean Smith, who is now 16, had sent out the missive while on holiday in Rhode Island on Thanksgiving in 2018.
A note inside read: “It is Thanksgiving. I am 13 and visiting family in Rhode Island. I am from Vermont. If found email [email protected].”
Fast forward to 2021, and the message was discovered by Christian Santos, a 17-year-old in the Azores, a small Portuguese archipelago.
He explained that he regularly picks up trash floating in the water in an attempt to help the environment – and decided to follow the instructions within the Powerade bottle. Advertisement
Christian’s email nearly fell on deaf ears because Sean had forgotten that he had sent out the bottle as a child, and couldn’t remember the password to the email account.
Thankfully, Sean realised that his bottle had been found after a Facebook post was made by Christian’s mother Molly.
