of pen pals meet after 60 years of letters

Pen pals meet after 60 years of letters: Carol Goudy and Joy Hood finally met each other after spending 60 years writing letters to one another. Both Carol and Joy are pen pals since 1950.

Carol Goudy wiped away tears, then smiled and gave Joy Hood a big hug before pinching herself to be sure her dream of nearly 60 years was really coming true.

Goudy, of Ramsey, said the meeting in a British airport this week was the first time she and Hood, of England, had set eyes on each other since they became trans-Atlantic pen pals as schoolgirls in 1950.