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IRVINGTON, N.Y. - An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005.

When Verizon upgraded the man's telephone service, his wife's voice disappeared from his voicemail system. The message said "Catherine Whiting," and her husband said he listened to it every day for comfort.

Company spokesman John Bonomo said Tuesday that a contractor found the recording in an archive and restored it to the new voicemail system.

Charles Whiting says he's very happy.

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That is lovely. Bless the contractor who tracked down the recording.

That's sweet.

That is very sweet, but its also why I have my own answering machine. I only subscribe to Verizon's so I can still get messages when my cat unplugs the phone. Which he does a lot.

There are solutions to this, but the best work at the cat end, not the phone end, & I'm loathe to apply them.