{
  "id": 8033545,
  "title": "My childhood pen pal and I grew up on different continents. After 30 years of friendship, we finally met in person.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/my-childhood-pen-pal-and-i-grew-up-on-different-continents-after-30",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:47:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/met-pen-pal-in-person-after-30-years-as-adult-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dontaira Terrell recently traveled to Ghana and met her childhood pen pal after 30 years of correspondence. They began writing to each other in second grade as a class assignment, and despite living on different continents, they formed a strong bond through letters. As adults, they met in person at a hotel restaurant in Ghana and found that their friendship had remained strong over the decades.",
  "summary": "In second grade, I was matched with a pen pal from Ghana. We exchanged letters over the years, but three decades later, we finally met in person.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}