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Buried Letter Kept a Promise - She Found Her Teacher Ten Years Later

Buried Letter Kept a Promise - She Found Her Teacher Ten Years Later

A ten-year-old sealed letter survived eighteen inches of clay and a PVC elbow to keep one promise: "I am here. I will stay good at letters so you can find me." How did a nine-year-old's buried note, dated April 14, 2009, stay intact underground and actually reconnect her with the teacher who saved her writing?

In this episode, we follow the chain of people and small records that led from a drainage trench behind a college to a reunion a decade later. You will hear where the bag was found, who recognized the handwriting, and…

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