For her late father's Jan. 6 birthday, 16-year-old Ashlynn Marracino wrote him a letter and sent it floating on a star-shaped balloon.One day later, Lisa Swisley stumbled upon the teen's touching ...
A young girl wrote a letter to her dead father on the sides of a star-shaped balloon, released her message to the sky — and it eventually landed in the right hands. Ashlynn Marracino penned the note ...
The year was 2013: North West was still just a direction on a compass, the only pee tape we knew about involved Justin Bieber and a mop bucket, and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” was inescapable and ...
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
A grieving teenager who wrote a 'letter to heaven' on a balloon for her late dad has received an amazingly moving response after it floated 400 miles before landing. Ashlynn Marracino's dad died of a ...
Mike Schneider, Portland’s balloon-letter and boxed-wine boyfriend artist, created his biggest installation yet during Portland’s “No Kings” protest over the weekend. Schneider planned to create a new ...
Once again, thousands of people were without power because of a Mylar balloon release. The City Council “banned” Mylar balloon releases. Those are identifiable balloons. Those who cause power outages ...