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A pair of Virginia college students thought they were strangers when they found themselves sitting beside each other ...

Liberty University students, Ally Cole and Ruby Wierzbicki, started out a regular Wednesday bus ride to campus complete strangers, but after sparking conversation with each other, they found out they have more in common than they thought.

Students Reunite After Discovering They Grew Up In Chinese Orphanage Together On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Liberty University students Ally Cole and Ruby Wierzbicki join Staff Writer Jordan Davidson to share the heartwarming story of how they reconnected with each other and their faith on a bus ride to class after discovering that they were adopted from the same orphanage in China. “[Ruby] and I actually pulled up a very similar picture where I was on a slide. And her and I h...

Embed SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty University. Ally Cole is 21 and a sophomore. I like small talk, Ally told us this week. You learn things. The students began by asking, whats your major? Exercise science for Ruby, graphic design for Ally. Where are you from? followed. Ruby Wierzbicki is from Blairstown, N.J., Ally Cole from Olney, Md....

"I like small talk," Ally told us this week. "You learn things." The students began by asking, "Whats your major?" Exercise science for Ruby, graphic design for Ally. "Where are you from?" followed. Ruby Wierzbicki is from Blairstown, N.J., Ally Cole from Olney, Md. Ally ventured to ask ... "Originally?" Both young women are of Asian descent. "Actually," said Ruby, "I was born in China. I was in an orphanage and adopted." "Me, too," Ally Cole told her. "Do you know what orphanage?" The orphanag...

Home/News from NPR/Opinion: 2 Students On A Bus Discover The Connection Of A Lifetime NPRs Scott Simon shares the story of two Liberty University students who met on a bus and, while making small talk, discovered they had met many years ago and many miles away. Opinion: 2 Students On A Bus Discover The Connection Of A Lifetime By Scott Simon  May 1, 2021 Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years o...

Originally published on May 1, 2021 9:54 am Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty University. Ally Cole is 21 and a sophomore. "I like small talk," Ally told us this week. "You learn things." The students began by asking, "Whats your major?" Exercise science for Ruby, graphic design for Ally. "Where are you from?" followed. Ruby Wierzbicki is from Blairstown, N.J.,...

Ally Cole toggle caption Ally Cole Ally Cole (left) and Ruby Wierzbicki show off the childhood photo that revealed a special connection. Ally Cole Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty University. Ally Cole is 21 and a sophomore. "I like small talk," Ally told us this week. "You learn things." The students began by asking, "Wh...

3 hours ago by Scott Simon (NPR) Ally Cole (left) and Ruby Wierzbicki show off the childhood photo that revealed a special connection. Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty Unive...

Bus ride leads to joyful reunion for two Liberty University students  Two Liberty University students started chatting on a campus bus and realized they had met each other before—15 years previously and 7,000 miles away, in an orphanage in China. Sophomore Ally Cole says that when she started talking to Ruby Wierzbicki, they discussed their majors and home states before finding out that they had both been adopted from the same orphanage in China – just a week apart, Cole when she was six y...