In communities like Safety Harbor, storm surge from Hurricane Debby washed debris and litter ashore. Among that trash, a local woman found what could be a piece of history nearly 80 years old.
Suzanne Flament-Smith says she was walking on Bayshore Boulevard on Wednesday when she noticed just how much trash there was.
“There was so much plastic. I'm like, Okay, this is driving me crazy,” Flament-Smith said. “I usually keep a trash bag and gloves in my car.”
She jokes, “I decided to make myself useful.”
“On my third bag, as I was filling it up, I noticed a glass bottle, and you could see the writing, the note and the scripture, I was like, oh my goodness, I think I just found a message in a bottle,” she explained.