NewsJanuary 24, 2017
Man's message in bottle turns up 34 years later
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- It took about 34 years, but a sailor got a response to a message he stuffed into a plastic bottle and tossed into the Atlantic Ocean. Ron Herbst was a 19-year-old petty officer in the Navy aboard the USS Coral Sea when he tossed the bottle. Less than a year later, a couple found the bottle while vacationing in the Florida Keys. Gordon and Cindy Brevik hung on to the bottle. Last year, they noticed the bottle while moving and contacted Herbst through Facebook. ...Associated Press
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- It took about 34 years, but a sailor got a response to a message he stuffed into a plastic bottle and tossed into the Atlantic Ocean. Ron Herbst was a 19-year-old petty officer in the Navy aboard the USS Coral Sea when he tossed the bottle. Less than a year later, a couple found the bottle while vacationing in the Florida Keys. Gordon and Cindy Brevik hung on to the bottle. Last year, they noticed the bottle while moving and contacted Herbst through Facebook.
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