Remembrance Day Stories
Mother’s tribute to her fallen soldier-son
In September of 2009, Private James Prosser was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. When Christmas came around last year his mother, Sarah Adams, decided that she just couldn’t face spending the holiday at home in the UK so she came to Barbados.
While here in Barbados she wrote a loving message about her lost son James, sealed it into a Sambuca bottle (his favourite drink) and tossed it into the sea. Six months and 1,300 miles later the bottle was picked up off the coast of Louisiana by an oil spill crew. (UPDATE: Some new stories say the bottle was found in Mississippi and provide more details – links below)
The oil spill crew members were so moved by the message written by the distraught mother that they wrote her to pay tribute to her fallen son.
You really should spend a few minutes reading the article in the Daily Mail… for James, for all the fallen young soldiers and their families – and to remind yourself about what and who is really important to you.
Daily Mail: Mother’s message in a bottle to son killed in Afghanistan found by oil spill clean-up workers
Gulf Live: http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/08/horn_island_crews_find_message.html
Tonic: From Gulf Coast to Wales
Barbados Free Press 