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2022-04-09 02:08:58湖南何高倫

瘋狂英語·新讀寫 2022年4期

湖南何高倫

36年前，兩個漁民從太平洋救起了一個年輕女孩。幾十年后，一個節目引發了一次非凡的團聚。

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She had been drifting in the cold Pacific water for a night and most of a day. Kept afloat by her orange life jacket,nine?year?old Desireé Rodriguez had watched helplessly as one family member after another let go of life.Just as she began to give up,the captain of a fishing boat spotted her in the water.

Within minutes,the boat's officers,Strasser and Pisano, leaped in and grabbed Desireé, pulling her back toward the boat—and toward life. That was 36 years ago, and the last time the rescuers and the girl saw one another.

Desireé Rodriguez, now Desireé Campuzano,was adopted by another aunt and uncle after the rescue.No one asked about her experi?ence in the water.They didn't want to traumatize her,she said.In her late 20s,Desireé be?gan to wonder about her rescuers. She sent a message to a TV program, trying to get help finding them,but nothing came of it.Strasser and Pisano sometimes thought of her,too.But neither Desireé nor the men who saved her knew where to start looking.

Friedman Adventureswas launched in December, 2020 by Friedman, featuring stories from fishermen talking about boats, catches, and fishing tips. In one episode, one man talked about the 1986 rescue. That day, 41?year?old Pablo Pe?a listened to the show. The incredible story he heard on the air triggered a memory. Pe?a remembered a conversation he'd had years earlier with a former co?worker. She'd once told him she'd lost her parents in a boating accident and was the only survivor.

“It could be her,”Pe?a said. So he sent a message toFriedman Adventuresand made Desireé meet her rescuers, Strasser and Pisano, successfully.“I feel like she's sort of our daughter,in a way,because we brought her back to life,”Strasser said.

For years, Desireé had wondered about the men who rescued her. Now that she's met them,she says she hopes to stay connected forever.