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Five years after Rachelle Ruffing helped save Brendon Lease from drowning, she traveled his wedding

It was extra emotional because Ruffing's father died in the same hospital where Lease received treatment in June 2020

"... I guess it was his turn to help me," Ruffing told ABC affiliate WFAA of her reunion with the "Miracle Man"

The lives of an Idaho woman and a Michigan man became intertwined five years ago after a near-fatal incident.

Rachelle Ruffing and her family were paddleboarding on the Snake River in Twin Falls, Idaho, in June 2020, when the group paused to take a snapshot — and noticed an empty boat, according to ABC affiliate WFAA . While the Mountain Home family posed together, Ruffing recalled to the outlet, she “saw an empty kayak pop through the falls and

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