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A brief encounter in a New York subway train prompted a romantically inclinedman to set up his own internet site just to find the woman he saw.

Patrick Moberg, 21, said it was - for him at least - love at first sight when heexchanged glances with a rosy-cheeked young woman while taking the trainfrom Manhattan to Brooklyn on Sunday. But just as he had plucked up thecourage to talk to her, the train stopped and he lost her in the crowd.

Undeterred, Mr Moberg, a web designer, set up a new site -www.nygirlofmydreams.com - which was dedicated to finding her.

He drew a picture of the girl, who was wearing blue shorts, blue tights, and ared flower in her hair. He added his mobile phone number, email address andan appeal for help in finding her.

Amazingly, in a city of eight million people, it worked. Within hours, MrMoberg's inbox had been inundated with emails and his phone was ringingcontinually.

Some of the emails came from women who admitted they were not the girl,but asked him to pick them instead.

On Tuesday night, a friend of the woman contacted him and sent him apicture so he could confirm her identity. Mr Moberg announced thebreakthrough on his website with a notice entitled: "Found Her! Seriously!"

The mysterious subway brunette was later named as Camille Hayton, a 22-year-old Australian magazine intern.

The internet listings site Craig's List carries a "missed connections" section incities including London and New York, in which people can try to track downthe other party. But Mr Moberg's decision to set up his own website takes thesearcher's dedication to a new level.

Yesterday, the pair appeared on Good Morning America, ABC's televisionbreakfast show, having met for dinner the previous night.

Mr Moberg claimed that he hadn't been nervous about meeting her, adding:"We totally clicked."

Perhaps sounding a little more cautious, Miss Hayton said she "couldn't notmeet" Mr Moberg after he went to so much trouble to find her.

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Mr Moberg said he had spent the journey "psyching myself up to introducemyself" but now wonders what he would have said anyway.

"I don't think anything I could have said would have been able to sanelyconvey how strongly I felt about her."

He added: "As soon as she had disappeared, I felt an undeniable urge to reachout to find her.

"The only way that seemed remotely possible, without seeming like a totalcreep, was to put up a totally straightforward recap of what happened, andhope it somehow made its way to her."

Miss Hayton admitted that the encounter was a complete fluke as she hadonly been using the train to go to a friend's home because her own house had

just burned down.

Mr Moberg said he would be giving no more updates on his website. He said:"Unlike all the romantic comedies and bad pop songs, you'll have to make upyour own ending for this."

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Love at first site on the New York subwayA brief encounter in a New York subway train prompted a romanticallyinclined man to set up his own internet site just to find the woman he saw.

Patrick Moberg, 21, said it was - for him at least - love at first sight when heexchanged glances with a rosy-cheeked young woman while taking the trainfrom Manhattan to Brooklyn on Sunday. But just as he had plucked up thecourage to talk to her, the train stopped and he lost her in the crowd.

Undeterred, Mr Moberg, a web designer, set up a new site -www.nygirlofmydreams.com - which was dedicated to finding her.

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Describe as full as possible when and where Patrick first saw the girl of hisdreams

Write a full description of the girl

How could people contact Patrick?

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Amazingly, in a city of eight million people, it worked. Within hours, MrMoberg's inbox had been inundated with emails and his phone was ringingcontinually.

Some of the emails came from women who admitted they were not the girl,

but asked him to pick them instead.On Tuesday night, a friend of the woman contacted him and sent him apicture so he could confirm her identity. Mr Moberg announced thebreakthrough on his website with a notice entitled: "Found Her! Seriously!"

The mysterious subway brunette was later named as Camille Hayton, a 22-year-old Australian magazine intern.

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Amazingly, in a city of eight million people, it worked. Within hours, MrMoberg's inbox had been inundated with emails and his phone was ringingcontinually.

Some of the emails came from women who admitted they were not the girl,

but asked him to pick them instead.On Tuesday night, a friend of the woman contacted him and sent him apicture so he could confirm her identity. Mr Moberg announced thebreakthrough on his website with a notice entitled: "Found Her! Seriously!"

The mysterious subway brunette was later named as Camille Hayton, a 22-year-old Australian magazine intern.

Write true or false.

It took a few days to get a responsefrom people.

Some people wrote to him to claimthey were the girl.

Patrick confirmed the girls identitythanks to a photograph sent by oneof his friends.

The girl was a young foreignerreading a magazine.