Hurricane cleanup effort reaps ‘treasure’: A 1945 letter in a bottle

An undated photo of a message in a bottle discovered by Suzanne Flament-Smith of Tampa, Fl., while gathering debris from Hurricane Debby. A letter written in 1945 from a naval base in Virginia wound up in a glass bottle more than 800 miles away in Florida, where it was found last week – nearly eight decades later – after Hurricane Debby swept a swath of the state. (Suzanne Flament-Smith via The New York Times)

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