It’s not every day that you get to reunite with the people who saved your life in accidents. Usually, most rescuers are just passersby who happened to be at the right place at the right time. This was the same case with fisherman Paul Strasser and Mark Pisano.
Desireé Rodriguez, now Desireé Campuzano, center, Mark Pisano, left, and Paul Strasser. Source: latimes.com
These fishermen happened to notice a nine-year-old girl flailing around in the Pacific Ocean in 1986. This was Desiree Rodriguez, now known as Desiree Campuzano. A horrifying shipwreck had claimed the lives of her entire family, including her parents, sister, and aunt, and uncle.