Meet Brianna (on the left) and Heidi. These two young ladies met on a dinner cruise in Honolulu back in 2006 while on vacation, and they became best friends.
Well, their short-lived friendship definitely made an impact on Brianna, who wanted to reconnect with her bestie 12 years later. So she put out her request on Twitter.
Hey twitter, I met this girl on a dinner cruise in Hawaii in 2006. We were basically bestfriends for that night so I need y’all to help me find my bestfriend cause I miss her and I need to see how she’s doing now. Please retweet this so we can be reunited. https://t.co/LRtk6ClvV3
Brianna Cry, a 19-year-old from Jackson, Mississippi, told BuzzFeed News: "I don’t think there were many kids our age on this particular dinner cruise, so I guess we just found each other and stuck together the whole time. The other night I was going through old scrapbooks and watching vacation videos and I saw her. So I was like: Wow, let’s see if Twitter can find her for me..."
And because it's the internet — it fully delivered as Heidi responded in the cutest way less than 12 hours later.
@briannacry Heard you were looking for me~
Brianna, who is a student at Hampton University, said that she was shocked at how effective her online search went and how invested other people became. "I honestly thought it would take at least a week to find her. The internet is so amazing and showed me that it really is a small world after all."
Since the pair reunited, Brianna said they've been making up for lost time and swapping stories. She said: "We’ve just caught up on life and school and everything."
OMG OMG HEY GIRL HEY GIRL HEY!! https://t.co/elWi5t1bPq
Naturally, everyone is hoping for a face-to-face reunion, but both young students have been candid about their financial difficulties.
To everyone who’s saying @briannacry and I should meet up: I’m going to community college on financial aid 😂😂😂 I’m not going anywhere anytime soon https://t.co/PJaqZqHZvP
Brianna said: "We attend college on two different sides of the country but we do plan to meet again once we get our funds together."
And they've warned people to not donate to any GoFundMe accounts claiming to sponsor their reunion.
To my knowledge, neither @briannacry or I have set up/been contacted about a gofundme. Please be careful about links everyone, and keep your muns close to your huns uwu https://t.co/bRXItgPJDU
People were very invested in this reunion and were naturally emotional when it came together.
@briannacry @heii_tree NAH TWITTER THE GREATEST APP
@KisforKiara @Dnellicious @SQUlDZ @briannacry @heii_tree I wanted it to happen, but I wasn't ready when i saw it happen😭❤ https://t.co/LPz5LRXnvQ
@_rahjataughtyuu @eicarttracie @jadoremydior @briannacry @MuvaNiyy I really hope y’all friends now and plan on going somewhere together! https://t.co/eqJxVuZQgR
@briannacry @pattyplainjane You found her .... 😩😩😩🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️❤️❤️
@briannacry I thought I could handle the reunion. Nope.
Other people were so inspired that they're posting their own callouts with the hope that Twitter can locate their friends too.
@briannacry Anyone wanna help me find my kindergarten crush? We were supposed to get married. We went to Woodrow Wilson elementary in Binghamton, NY https://t.co/VX7yCkFT57
@briannacry someone pleathe help me find a grilly. we were best friends on a carnival cruise in december 2006, her name was holly and she was from the netherlands and she came to play dolls with me on my bunkbed MKSJGNG all ive got is pics of me on that cruise 😪 https://t.co/vHMFhuoDHw
@briannacry OMG IM IN THE SAME SITUATION. This girl and I were bestfriends for a whole weekend about 6 years ago. I have no clue where she is but I just know it’s some where in Florida. This is the only pic I have of her. Help! https://t.co/8ebSscYWwE
Don't you just love a happy ending?
