The Associated Press
via The Guardian (Britain)
LINCOLN, Neb. — Firefighters braved sleet, wind and freezing cold to rescue a valentine that got snagged in a tree after a boy sent it into the sky by balloon for his mother, who died of cancer last fall.
Seven-year-old Joel Enriquez had made the valentine — a pink heart with purple heart stickers and the message “I miss you” — for Maria Enriquez at a grief support group.
On Tuesday, the first-grader brought the valentine to his school, attached it to balloons and went outside with his 13-year-old brother and classmates to release the balloons. But as the balloons sailed up, the curly ribbon got tangled on tree branches.
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