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PHOENIX, Ariz. (WJW) — Ten years ago, Arizona grandmother Wanda Dench sent a text message to what she believed was her grandson’s phone number, inviting him over for Thanksgiving dinner.
The text, however, ended up going to a then-17-year-old teen she didn’t know.
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As the story goes, Jamal Hinton was at school when he received the message, and he responded trying to clear up the confusion. To his surprise, he was invited to Dench’s house for a plate, and to her surprise, he came over.
Now, through the loss of Dench’s husband, COVID in 2020 and a cancer diagnosis for Dench, the unlikely friends confirmed they are once again meeting up for this Thanksgiving, as they have annually since 2016…