Ellen DeGeneres recently helped another story get a happy ending by reuniting two long-lost childhood friends after 12 years.
Back in late November, Virginia-based teen Brianna Cry decided to ask the Twitter community for help. She explained that she met a young girl in 2006 during a family vacation and that they became instant best friends for the night. After 12 years, Brianna found a photo of them at her grandmother’s house and wanted to reconnect, so she hoped Twitter would help her in this quest.
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. pic.twitter.com/LRtk6ClvV3
— Bri (@briannacry) November 24, 2018
Only 11 hours later, Twitter responded and found that the girl from the photo is 18-year-old California-based Heidi Tran.
After DeGeneres heard about this story, she decided to get both girls on the show and organize a face-to-face reunion. She also surprised both girls giving each of them $10,000 to help their education.
You can check out this heartwarming reunion in the video below.