Wind phone helps grieving Atlantans connect with lost loved ones

Attached to a tree in Downtown Atlanta’s Woodruff Park is a placard with a rotary phone fashioned on it. The phone isn’t plugged into anything, but it serves as a powerful tool for locals who are experiencing loss or grief.

It’s called a wind phone. First started in Japan in 2010, there are now wind phones across Georgia and around the world.

On a recent day, Pamela Elder-Mobley stopped by the phone and picked up the receiver…

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