friends meet in Boston years later
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My brother comes from, and lives in, Ireland. He grew up with someone who eventually had to immigrate to USA.
Many years later my brother had to go to the US and in the course of his stay he decided to take a day off to sight-see. He picked Boston and set off.
In Boston he had to wait in a group of other people to cross the road. As he stood there he thought he recognised the back of the head of someone in front of him. He reached forward through the crowd to tap the person on the shoulder. It was his friend, who lived in a totally different town, but who had also been taken with the urge to visit Boston for the day!
Date submitted:Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:10:45 +0000Coincidence ID:6056
