on those who found it. nbc s keir sim mns is in london with more. this is a story somewhere something good came from the worst kind of tragedy. james proser one of too many young men lost to the war in afghanistan. because of his family and an unexpected turn of events, what his life meant has not been lost. his family wrote a message to their fallen son and brother and threw it into the ocean. they never imagined that 1300 miles away, people who never knew james would make an amazing discovery. greetings from horn island, mississippi, usa where your bottle of message washed ashore on the 15th of july, 2010. reporter: james proser was killed in afghanistan last year. he was just 21. rather than face christmas without him, his family went to barbados. it was there they wrote their heartfelt letters, sealed them in a bottle, and cast it away.