WEBVTT MUCH MORE ON THAT, BUT FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU. NEW THIS MORNING, A BALLOON MAKES A LONG JOURNEY FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD TO AN ARMORED BURGER JOINT. IT IS WHY THE BALLOON WAS RELEASED THAT IS GAINING ATTENTION. MIKE TESELLE IS WHERE THE BALLOON FINALLY FELL TO THE GROUND. THIS IS A COOL STORY. WE ARE IN AUBURN AND THE BALLOON ENDED UP IN THIS PARKING LOT, MORE THAN 400 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE IT WAS FIRST RELEASED. AS COOL AS THE JOURNEY WAS TO GET HERE, AS YOU SAID, IT IS THE STORY BEHIND THAT IS GETTING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. NINE DAYS AGO, A TEENAGER IN WHITTIER RELEASED A BALLOON INTO THE SKY IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER. ATTACHED WAS A HEARTFELT LETTER THAT SHE WROTE TO HER FATHER. SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS DONE SINCE THE DAY HE DIED IN 2008. HERE IN AUBURN, WORKERS FOUND THE BALLOON IN THIS PARKING LOT AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE LETTER AND BEGAN READING IT. DEAR, DAD, YOU HAVE MISSED SO MUCH AND I MISS YOU, AND I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY. IT IS NOT FAIR THAT I JUST LOST YOU ONCE AND GOT YOU BACK . I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU MISSED OUT ON. AFTER READING THAT, THE OWNER OF THIS RESTAURANT STARTED A PATENT FOR A CAMPAIGN TO COLLECT CARDS, GIFTS, AND CARE PACKAGES FOR THE GIRL, AND THAT HAS LED TO AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, INCLUDING CALLS FROM "THE TODAY SHOW" AND ELLEN DEGENERES WANTING TO BE A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN. THAT GIRL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAD ASKED FOR A SIGN FROM HER DAD THAT HE GOT THE LETTER. PERHAPS THIS STORY IS THAT SIGN. WE WILL BE TALKING WITH THE OWNER IN THE NEXT HOUR. SO STAY TUNED.