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Girl Shares A Photo Of A Friend She Hasn’t Seen In 12 Years, And It Gets 100.000 Retweets Overnight
Girl Shares A Photo Of A Friend She Hasn’t Seen In 12 Years, And It Gets 100.000 Retweets Overnight
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Girl Shares A Photo Of A Friend She Hasn’t Seen In 12 Years, And It Gets 100.000 Retweets Overnight

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Even though there are so many random things online that only a few could explain, the magical place of the World Wide Web can be used for something good – it can bring together people from all around the world. This weekend, the Internet once again proved its powers by helping a young woman to find her long lost friend. It’s moments like these that make us love technology even more!

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    This week, college student Brianna (left) posted a tweet about wanting to reunite with a girl that she met on a cruise back in 2006

    A 19-year-old from Jackson, Mississippi, later recalled: “I don’t think there were many kids our age on this particular dinner cruise, so I guess we just found each other and stuck together the whole time. The other night I was going through old scrapbooks and watching vacation videos and I saw her. So I was like: Wow, let’s see if Twitter can find her for me…”

    Brianna’s tweet quickly went viral – she did not expect that people would react so fast

    And was not sure if they would find the person she was looking for

    But with over 120 thousand retweets, Internet quickly proved it can do basically anything

    In less than 12 hours, the good people of the internet managed to track down Heidi Tran – the same girl Brianna met on a cruise 12 years ago

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    Since the two friends reunited, they’ve been making up for lost time, as Brianna said: “We’ve just caught up on life and school and everything.”

    “I honestly thought it would take at least a week to find her. The internet is so amazing and showed me that it really is a small world after all.” – Brianna said

    The Twitter was soon flooded with people’s comments and reactions as they were thrilled to witness such a reunion

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    A lot of people suggested that the girls meet up, but as they’re both college students, they don’t have the means to travel at the moment

    Someone suggested putting up a Go Fund Me for them, but the girls declined and warned people not to send their money

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    Brianna said: “We attend college on two different sides of the country but we do plan to meet again once we get our funds together.”

    And of course, the people of Twitter had the funniest reactions

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    Neringa Utaraitė

    Neringa Utaraitė

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    Neringa is a proud writer at Bored Panda who used to study English and French linguistics. Although she has many different interests, she's particularly drawn to covering stories about pop culture as well as history. While not at the office, this Panda enjoys creepy movies, poetry, photography and learning how to play the piano.

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    Neringa Utaraitė

    Neringa Utaraitė

    Author, Community member

    Neringa is a proud writer at Bored Panda who used to study English and French linguistics. Although she has many different interests, she's particularly drawn to covering stories about pop culture as well as history. While not at the office, this Panda enjoys creepy movies, poetry, photography and learning how to play the piano.

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    Hayley Lightcap
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww, cmon guys this is cute! The power of the internet came through!

    Kyana Winter
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is not always easy to see the internet as a positive influence, but I am certainly happy to see it today!

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    Night Owl
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, this was such a heartwarming little story. Made me smile

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    Nina F. Razad
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is crazy, and yet sweet.. People are basically helpful to others, even if they are strangers. My faith in the kindness of society is officially restored. :)

    Donna Cheung
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So nice to see the internet actually connecting people in meaningful ways. Hope the two girls will remain friends!

    yikes
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahah i dont think its a small world, its just that everyone is connected by the InTeRNeT.

    Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope they can reunite soon, lovely story, and a proof internet and people can be wonderfull

    Bob Beltcher
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice, now if we can just find Jimmy Hoffa.

    Jess De La Souza
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They recently came out in the Ellen show!! I was so happy I had heard this story in bored panda first awhile back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocFwp9_wA0

    Alusair Alustriel
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AS positive as it is, brings to mind the idea from The Circle... Pretty much even if you avoid social media, you are easily tracked down in a matter of hours, after several years... It gives me the chill rather, than excitement.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I honestly thought it would take a week to find her"...as if that in and of itself wouldn't have been absolutely extraordinary. She's making it seem like sending one message to find someone she met once many years ago and waiting a week is such a hardship.

    Hayley Lightcap
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww, cmon guys this is cute! The power of the internet came through!

    Kyana Winter
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is not always easy to see the internet as a positive influence, but I am certainly happy to see it today!

    Load More Replies...
    Night Owl
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, this was such a heartwarming little story. Made me smile

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    Nina F. Razad
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is crazy, and yet sweet.. People are basically helpful to others, even if they are strangers. My faith in the kindness of society is officially restored. :)

    Donna Cheung
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So nice to see the internet actually connecting people in meaningful ways. Hope the two girls will remain friends!

    yikes
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahah i dont think its a small world, its just that everyone is connected by the InTeRNeT.

    Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope they can reunite soon, lovely story, and a proof internet and people can be wonderfull

    Bob Beltcher
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice, now if we can just find Jimmy Hoffa.

    Jess De La Souza
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They recently came out in the Ellen show!! I was so happy I had heard this story in bored panda first awhile back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocFwp9_wA0

    Alusair Alustriel
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AS positive as it is, brings to mind the idea from The Circle... Pretty much even if you avoid social media, you are easily tracked down in a matter of hours, after several years... It gives me the chill rather, than excitement.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I honestly thought it would take a week to find her"...as if that in and of itself wouldn't have been absolutely extraordinary. She's making it seem like sending one message to find someone she met once many years ago and waiting a week is such a hardship.

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