. >> paula pierce holding the the faded ink-stained piece of paper . >> her dad tossing the message in a bottle into the atlantic, and hampton beach, new hampshire where the family used to own the , beachcomber hotel. >> it didnt take me long after opening that bottle to realize this one doesn't belong with me caicos.,where clint buffington was on vacation. the message read return to 419 ocean boulevard and receive a reward from tina, owner of the beachcomber,a practical joke from her husband paul. >> that hundred $50 would have represented probably seven rents . >> buffington, a teacher who lives in salt lake city utah, told pierce about the note a few years back unable to give it to her in person until this moment. >> by the way, it doesn't save mail it. it says return it. [laughter] in return pierce kept her dad's >> promise. >> there it is. i made a new friend. a check for 150 bucks. >>a check for 150 bucks. for a magical moment it was like paula pierce's mom and dad were right there in the room, >> you could feel it, that was a great story. >> we're dealing with a lot of numbers h

paula pierce possible father tossed of the bottle into the ocean at hampton beach. landing on a beach in turks and caicos. clinton buffington found the ocean boulevard and receive a reward. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. this is your last chance to get super fast 100meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. hurry, our best offer ever ends soon. only from fios. i just want what's best for my kids. when i hear arguments that chools? every new charter takes away more money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million dollars, just last year. we can't afford to drain even more money from our kids' schools because they're already losing so much. i'm not just standing up for my own kids; i'm fighting for yours, too. please join me in voting no on question 2. emily: breaking news from quincy where a school bus has crashed into a utility pole. this happened on quarry street. the bus resting against the building. four students and the bu

paula pierce parents bought a hotel in new hampshire in 1960. her father wrote the joke saying to return the note for $150 reward. well, clint buffington found that bottle in the turks and he is searching for sender. >> it just hit me that it was my father. i was shocked, for a piece of him, and piece of childhood, and all of those things are very, very hard to do. >> buffington, promised in the note. >>> absolutely. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" trust the process, it has been a rough couple years for sixers, fans are fired up for tonight's season opener. ceo scott o'neill will join us live to talk about why there is so much excitement heading in the season. >>> if uber wants to give you a ride and help fight the flu see how wide sharing company is protecting passengers from getting sick, no warning, no hearing. it's a lending practice sorcing outrageous, most states banned it. but at the bank founded by pat toomey it was business as usual. forcing small business owners out of their homes. toomey even used his power in the senate to he

. >> reporter: paula pierce holding the ink stained piece of paper. >> it's incredible. yes, he wrote this, his hands were on this. it's been gone 26 years and he pu survived. >> reporter: her dad tossing it in a bottle in the atlantic in hampton beach, new hampshire, where the family used to own the beach. comber. >> it didn't take long to realize this one doesn't belong with me. >> reporter: landing on a beach thousands of miles away in turks and caicos where clint buffington was on vacation. >> a lot of places called beech beechcomber. >> receive a reward from tina. >> that $150 would have represented probably seven rents. seven rents. motels were going for 20 bucks a night. >> reporter: buffington a teacher who lives in salt lake city told her about the note a few years back. unable to deliver it in person until this moment. >> it doesn't say mail it to 419 ocean boulevard. it says return it. >> reporter: in return pierce kept her dad's promise. >> what. what. >> i made a new friend. >> but was it adjusted for inflation? >> that's what's making news in america this m

. -- by the father of paula pierce feared -- 50 years ago. the atlantic. her parents are both gone now. the beachcomber sold a few years ago and now clint has flown to new hampshire to deliver the message in a bottle. >> this is very special because it brings back a piece of my childhood and my parents. all of jean: those things are very hard to lose. she insisted on living up to her father's the reward. >> you have to take it. jean: the biggest reward is the message in the bottle finding its way back home. >> it took him to find it and come across the country to bring it to me. tom: very nice story. if you could only find time in the bottle instead of a note. candidate for the second congressional district, jim lawrence. >> it is a chilly night tonight. the difference... always putting people first. maggie hassan helped energize our economy by focusing on families, innovation and education. the same approach maggie will take as us senator: a detailed plan to make college more affordable. lower cost prescription drugs for everyday families. and an approach

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paula pierce lives in hampton beach. the letter written by her dad shortly after her parents bought years ago in turks cacos when he found the bottle. took two months to track down the family it belonged to and five years to finally hand deliver it. >>i kind of did not know what to say. i held it very gently. and looked at it. and how did it end up back in my hands. >> anchor: beachcomber sold in 2014. paula said this message in the bottle is barely legible but still gives her >> anchor: first it was david orteze, now it is gronk. moonlighting as lift driver in disguise. he tweeted out the undercover video. covered a wide range of topics while driving with people. cling his first two topics. tom brady and himself. >> one guy i want to meet is tom brady. >> but he is married so off limits, you know. >> i am not trying to get with him. i mean i want to meet him. quarterbacks are. >> i know who tom brady is. >> i love him. >> did you study astronomy in school? >> astro physics. >> what if you mets gronk. >> i have met him.

he was able to read enough of the message to track down paula pierce in manchester who says her father wrote that note and tossed it into the atlantic ocean more than 50 years ago when he owned the beachcomber hotel. >> this is very special because it brings back a piece of him, a piece of her, a piece of my beachcomber, all of these things are very hard to lose. sean: the note included a promise of a $150 reward if it was returned to hampton beach and paula says she made sure to make good on that promise. a very neat story. coming up preventing sids. , how long doctors now say parents should keep infant children in their bedrooms. plus, go ahead and kate: one day you're a kid - kathyand the next... fast. kelly: ...you're raising your own little girl. kelly: growing up, i watched my mom work so hard. through challenges and struggles, she made our lives better. she's my inspiration in the senate - whether strengthening social security or medicare, protecting our environment, or helping make college more affordable... she taught me that with hard work... kate: you can do anything? kathy:

paula pierce's dad tossed the bottle in the ocean at hampton beach a half century ago. the message made it to the caribbean land on a beach at the turks and caicos. clint buffington found the note that said return to ocean he finally got the chance to return the note in person. >> it's incredible. yes, he wrote this. his hands were on this. it's been gone 26 years, and he put this in a bottle. and it survived. i'm gonna make good on it. randy: there you go. pierce kept her dad's promise, gifting bu gifting buffington a check for emily: president obama reads mean tweets and a favorite toy will be easier to get this holiday season. randy: we have that in news to go plus an embarrassing moment for one man. how he ended up chasing his own car down the highway. that's ahead this morning. >> live look at 93 in somerville. still very dark out there. but those headlights moving along okay at this point. ready to head out when others head home. at eversource, we prepare for ugly weather all year long... upgrading technology, managing vegetation, information to you because we kno

clint buffington traveled from his utah home to new hampshire to present paula pierce with a faded ink-stained piece of paper. on it a message written by her father. buffington found the message in a bottle in the caribbean and was in such poor shape she wanted to deliver it personally. pierce says it's incredible. >> yes. he wrote this. his hands were on this. he's been gone 26 years, and he put this in a bottle and it survived. >> reporter: the message read return to 419 ocean boulevard and receiver a reward from teeny, owner of the beachcomber. the beachcomber is the hotel pierce's mom and dad owned. tina was her mom. in return for delivering the message pierce kept her dad's promise and happily gave buffington a check for $150. >>> we'll start with live doppler 7 showing a little bit of a break from the steady rain right now, but there's another storm headed our way. for tomorrow look for mainly sunny skies, a few clouds will linger up in the north bay. high temperatures up north will be mainly in the upper 60s to around 70. inland east bay we'll see mild mid-70s and right around the bay,

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. >> this single piece of paper opens the door to couldn'tless stories of paula pierce's family past as the owns of the beam >> we were really close. i spent a lot of years working that motel. >> shortly after willful parents, faultyna, bought the motel in 1960, her father launched this message in a bottle into the ocean across the street, as a joke on his wife. and only told paula's husband mark about it. >> and i kept it close to my heart. i kept my mouth shut. >> so the bottle was forgotten about. but not by the tide. south, to the caribbean island of tushes and caicos (^), where it washed ashore and 50 years later, in 2011, it was found by a man from utah on vacation. >> this is incredible to me. >> it took two months for clint to decode the message and track down the author but paula's parents had since passed so he got in touch with her. and five years later, was able to reunit her with this piece of her past. >> i kind of didn't know what to say. i just held it looked at it and how did it end up back in my hands? >> because one man traveled by plane, train, and bus, to get it

. >> he used the words and it was written by paula pierce's father, probably more than 50 years ago. >> and it hit me that it was my father's writing. i was shocked. >> her father and mother bought the beachcomer in new hampshire cast it into the atlantic, return it to 419 the boulevard and return it for $150 reward at the beachcomer. >> paula's parents are gone. >> and the beachcomer was sold and now clint has delivered the message in a bottle. >> this is very special, it brings back a piece of him and her and my childhood and the all of those things are very, very hard to lose. >> she insisted on living up to her father's promise giving that reward. >> you returned it and you have to take it, you have to take it. >> the biggest reward is the message of a bottle finding its way back home. >> the significance of the bottle was not lost on him. it took him to find it and it took him to come across the country and bring it to me. imagination of people across the country. coming up, you might be seeing more than orange pumpkins this halloween. what a teal pumpkin means for trick-or-trea

but this single piece of paper opens the door to count histories of paula pierce's family past as the owners of the beach combers motel on hampton beach. >> we were really close. and i spent a lot of years working that motel. >> shortly after her parents, paula and tina, bought the motel in 1960, her father launched this message in a bottle into the ocean across the street as a joke on his wife. and only told paula's husband mark about it. >> and i kept it heart. and i kept my mouth shut. >> reporter: so the bottle was forgotten about. but not by the tide. it traveled 1400 miles south to the turks and caicos island where it washed ashore. 50 years later, in 2011, was found from a man from utah on vacation. >> clint's part in this is incredible to me. >> it took two years to decode he got in touch with paula and five years later, able to reunite her with this piece of her past. >> i kind of didn't know what to say, i held it very gently and looked at it, and how the it end up back in my hands? because one man traveled by plane, train, and bus to get it there. >> he said, i can't mail i