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A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy’s grief

The message in a bottle that Irish couple Ciaran Marron and Rita Simmonds found in early January while vacationing in Donegal, Ireland. It was tossed in the waters of Ocean City in 2019 by a Maryland boy with the help of his friend, who died last year. (Rita Simmonds)

For years, bar patrons bought beers for Betty White hoping she’d come claim them. The funds are now going to animal charity.