HEARTWARMING: The South Carolina woman wanted to recreate a photo of her late mother but had no idea where it had been taken. So she posted it on social media, where a group of Georgia hikers helped make her dream come true.
South Carolina resident Bridget Hazel wanted to recreate a photo of her late mother but had no idea where it had been taken. So, she posted it on social media, and then the detective work began.It was a special snapshot in a stack of old photographs: Bridget Hazel’s mother, back in the 1970s, on a trip somewhere up in the mountains.
"I knew that she had gone there with my grandparents when she was very young," says Hazel. "Probably [in her] late teens or early twenties." Hazel was only 16 years old when her mother Donna passed away from breast cancer. An avid backpacker and hiker today, the South Carolina resident had the idea to recreate the cherished photograph, as a kind of tribute to her mom.
"I thought to myself, ‘I would love to go and just stand where she stood and see what she saw. And kind of feel her presence in that." The problem? Hazel had no idea where the old photograph had been taken. So she posted the picture on social media, specifically in hiking groups on Facebook. One of them was called, where members like Rob Allen of Suwanee were captured by the story.And it didn’t take long for the North Georgia hikers to place the grainy image. Commenters on the post identified the spot as being in
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