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Dr. George Harris points actual 1961 letter he wrote man who found his ballomessage he set aloft when he was

Dr. George Harris points to the actual 1961 letter he wrote a man who found his balloon message he set aloft when he was boy as seen at his office at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Friday, November 30, 2012. Harris recently traveled to small town in Minnesota to meet the man and was given the letter which the man had kept in a scrap book. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

George Harris president medical staff Christ Medical Center Advocate Children’s Hospital Oak Lawn wants raise awareness about gun violence United

George Harris, president of the medical staff at Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, wants to raise awareness about gun violence in the United States. | File photo

Dr. George Harris talks about actual letter (foreground) he wrote man back 1961 his office Advocate Christ Hospital Oak Lawn

Dr. George Harris talks about the actual letter (foreground) he wrote to the man back in 1961 at his office at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Friday, November 30, 2012. Harris recently traveled to small town in Minnesota to meet the man and was given the letter which the man had kept in a scrap book. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Dr. George Harris looks through letters sent between him man who found his ballomessage back 1961 his office Advocate Christ

Dr. George Harris looks through the letters sent between him and the man who found his balloon message back in 1961 at his office at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Friday, November 30, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Copy letter sent by K.C. Kaplan after he found balloons index card note George Harris set aloft back 1961 as

Copy of letter sent by K.C. Kaplan after he found the balloons and index card note George Harris set aloft back in 1961 as seen in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Friday, November 30, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

It was a time for dreaming, for discovery, for sending things skyward. “It was the John Glenn era,” said George Harris, who was 12 years old way back in 1961 when he decided to conduct a scientific experiment. One Saturday night in November, George and …