Message in a bottle travels from Rhode Island to Portugal, connecting two teenagers

High-tech devices are used for instant communication. But one message is fascinating for the slowness of its remarkable ocean voyage. Jamie Yuccas speaks to two teens who have connected through a message in a bottle.
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[@lottolaughs9685]

I tell you what... Why don't we all throw bottles in the ocean.... Wait? All of us already do it. What a stupid story. And the other two bottles got swallowed by a tortoise that died on the ocean floor.

[@GyroZeppel]

Agreed. Nobody ever accused news anchors of being intelligent or critical thinkers though.

[@GyroZeppel]

@simon kenton uh oh, looks like we found the one who admires broadcast journalism haha 😂

[@akashbisnath8798]

Interesting that what is essentially pollution, is twisted to a feel good story 😐

[@skankhunt3624]

@simon kenton why should anyone feel good about people intentionally polluting our oceans more than they already are?

[@skankhunt3624]

@simon kenton Of the 260 million tons of plastic the world produces each year, about 10 percent ends up in the Ocean.

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

@simon kenton Get enough bottles out there, and we start getting to that point…Look up North Atlantic garbage patch, and Great Pacific garbage patch! They’re real things!

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Maybe in the same broadcast, CBS covered an environmental disaster with chuckles and jokes, too!

[@NASkeywest]

Lol. That’s what you took away from the video…OMG THEY PUT A SINGLE BOTTLE IN THE OCEAN!

[@luckygal8133]

Don't pollute the ocean please. We don't care about the letter in the bottle or friendship. Thank you.

[@skankhunt3624]

Facts.

[@luckygal8133]

@simon kenton your comment says a lot about you.

[@luckygal8133]

@simon kenton you make it sound like I'm the bad person while all I did was defending the ocean. But, you probably haven't even gotten a college degree, so I don't blame you if you don't understand the importance of our planet's health. Anyway, have a nice. I have a PhD thesis to write. (I'm busy to respond to your comment, goodbye Simon).

[@skankhunt3624]

@simon kenton Of the 260 million tons of plastic the world produces each year, about 10 percent ends up in the Ocean.

[@thomaslavin3640]

Awesome smart funny 😂 good story good friends. The lord and the tides work in mystery ways...

[@skankhunt3624]

Yeah now the tides are full of microplastics that poison the fish that we ingest, mysterious ways though.🙄

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Maybe in the same broadcast, CBS covered an environmental disaster with chuckles and jokes, too!

[@gamerhistorian7843]

Pollution!!

[@KickMoreAss]

So this kid is throwing GARBAGE and harming ocean life.

[@singincowboy36]

caught that polluter

[@fwd105]

🤔 feels staged.

[@samanthasorenson3920]

St joe!

[@FullFrontalExposure]

Stop polluting!!!!

[@Greenpoloboy3]

I got a bottle and a pad of paper, but nothing interesting to say .

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@simon kenton I guess. But I'd be shy if someone found it and wanted to make contact with me . I feel uncool and they'd be like wishing someone more interesting had thrown the bottle. I do hope these 2 become good friends though and their families

[@DiogoF.]

That is amazing 🇵🇹🇪🇺🌍

[@lisaduprey2829]

Soo cool!

[@MM-bb6mp]

So cool! Great story. Thanks for sharing.