Fish 'returns' girl's letter


	Fish 'returns' girl's letter

Amergin

2-10-2008 3:35 AM

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Shirahige, now a 21-year-old university student, said: "I can't get over the wonder of how the letter survived 15 years. I never expected I'd get a reply this way."

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