--- description: The power of the Internet helped reunite two long-lost childhood best friends, who hadn't seen each other since 2006. title: The Internet Helps Reunite These Long-Lost Childhood BFFs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfaa207b765317c/69893fdf7cdbacd42ad5e827/twitter-helps-childhood-best-friends-find-each-other.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Was Happy to Help Reunite These Long-Lost Childhood BFFs  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2018 5:40 PM CUT  The social media app Twitter is seen on a smartphone in front of a binary background, in Bydgoszcz, on August 7, 2016\. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The social media app Twitter is seen on a smartphone in front of a binary background, in Bydgoszcz, on August 7, 2016\. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2018 5:40 PM CUT Leave it to [Twitter](http://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-/ "undefined") to not only reunite a pair of apparent long-lost [childhood best friends](http://time.com/5448800/my-brilliant-friend-review/ "undefined") after being separated for over a decade, but to do so in just five hours. Over the weekend, Twitter user @briannacry put out a call for the Internet to help her find a friend that she made while on a dinner cruise in Hawaii in 2006\. The post, which included an adorable picture of the pair together, was captioned: “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.” Hours (and many retweets and likes) later, Twitter user @heii\_tree posted a photo of herself holding a picture of her family on the cruise that night along with the message: “Heard you were looking for me\~”. As might be expected, the two women (and the collective Internet) were overjoyed at actually having found each other. > [](https://twitter.com/heii%5Ftree/status/1066427544960815109) > [](https://twitter.com/briannacry/status/1066430359611604993) Many online were hopeful that this Internet reunion would culminate in a real-life one soon, which @heii\_tree addressed. > [](https://twitter.com/heii%5Ftree/status/1066483615545024513) > [](https://twitter.com/heii%5Ftree/status/1066532138864992257) But for now, the two seem to be able to correspond with each other just fine. > [](https://twitter.com/briannacry/status/1066763685450973190) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5463378/twitter-reunites-childhood-best-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5463378/twitter-reunites-childhood-best-friends/"},"headline":"The Internet Was Happy to Help Reunite These Long-Lost Childhood BFFs","datePublished":"2018-11-26T17:40:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:10.629Z","description":"I'm not crying, you're crying","url":"https://time.com/5463378/twitter-reunites-childhood-best-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfaa207b765317c/69893fdf7cdbacd42ad5e827/twitter-helps-childhood-best-friends-find-each-other.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfaa207b765317c/69893fdf7cdbacd42ad5e827/twitter-helps-childhood-best-friends-find-each-other.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Twitter Logo on an iPhone","caption":"Twitter Logo on an iPhone","creditText":"NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5463378/twitter-reunites-childhood-best-friends/","name":"The Internet Was Happy to Help Reunite These Long-Lost Childhood BFFs"}}]}] ```