Cologne fire brigade responds to message in a bottle from a five-year-old

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The fire brigade answers a five-year-old’s message in a bottle – and makes the boy very happy with it

For many people, message in a bottle is part of their happy childhood memories: you put a roll of paper in a bottle, throw it into the water and hope that it will be found somewhere at some point – and maybe even an answer will come back. Most of the time the whole thing runs smoothly, and there is very rarely any feedback. A boy from Lüdenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia, whose story his aunt published on Twitter, was all the more pleased.

She had made a message in a bottle with the five-year-old, and the little one had then sent her on a journey to the Rhine with his father. And sure enough, an answer came back. After a few days, the boy received a letter from the Cologne fire brigade, which had fished the bottle out of the river. The firefighters took the time to write a little text themselves.

Cologne firefighters find message in a bottle in the Rhine

Accordingly, the message in a bottle was discovered by participants in a basic fire service course during an exercise. The original aim was to save people who had fallen into the water from drowning. The firefighters came across the message in a bottle. “Finding something so special has been a tremendous pleasure for us,” the letter reads.

Apparently, the five-year-old had sent a treasure map with the bottle – unfortunately they couldn’t find the treasure, the firefighters let him know. Nevertheless, the child should have been very happy to have received feedback. To give the boy an idea of ​​who he was dealing with, the firefighters also sent him a group photo. “What an effort they made. I’m totally touched,” said his aunt, enthusiastic about the reaction of the fire brigade.

Swell: “Verena Bender on Twitter” / “Cologne Fire Brigade on Twitter”

This article originally appeared on Stern.de

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