• Kim Draper recently received a postcard that was sent to her home from Hong Kong in 1993.
  • The postcard was written by a former tenant at the house in Springfield, Illinois.
  • Draper has since learned that the postcard was written by a father was who was living overseas at the time.
  • She connected with the man’s son, and plans to give the postcard to the family in person.
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An Illinois woman who recently found a postcard from 1993 in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago.

Kim Draper’s story about the mysterious Hong Kong postcard was published in The State Journal-Register in Springfield and picked up by The Associated Press.

Masrour Kizilbash sent the postcard to his family while working on a dam project in China in 1993. He told the newspaper that he visited Hong Kong many times while he was living in China.

“I was fascinated with the area, so I wanted to share these experiences with my kids and my wife,” he said.

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Foto: Draper has since found the owners of the much-delayed postcard.sourceJustin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP

In the postcard, Kizilbash wrote that he was "having a good time in this extremely crowded place."

Kizilbash describes the scene on the postcard, which shows fishing boats called junks in the harbor.

"These small fishing boats have small restaurants inside. They're air conditioned and serve fresh seafood. Some time sea food still crawling on your plate. All kinds of sea weeds and food to increase your brain/muscle power and food to increase/decrease everything," he wrote.

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He signed it "See you guys soon. Your Dad.'"

Kizilbash's family was living in Springfield at the time. He always figured that they had received the postcard. With the help of social media, Draper learned that a son, Mohammad, now lives in suburban Chicago and works as a cardiologist.

"I thought that was really gracious of her, she went out of her way to track us down," Mohammad said.

A reunion with the postcard is planned. Draper said she'd like to deliver the card in person.

"I won't mail it," she said. "I don't want it to get back in the mail system, and I really want to meet them."

Officials said it got tied up in Hong Kong or might have been stuck in old equipment.