ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – It all started with a photo posted to social media and a plea for help finding the woman in it.
A reunion in the making happened at Albany Medical Center on Tuesday. Amanda Scarpinati is the baby being held by nurse Sue Berger in the photo.
It was taken in 1977 at Albany Med. It was so long ago, that recovery room doesn’t exist anymore.
Scarpinati was just 3-months-old in the image. She was recovering from third degree burns after an accident. Multiple surgeries later, her scars faded but the memory of the nurse never did.
“You can just see that I just totally trusted her, and she soothed me at a time when I needed it,” she said.
Scarpinati said she would look at the picture every time she was bullied for her burns. The 37-year-old said the photo meant someone cared about her, and for years, she hoped to one day meet Berger.
She tried to find Berger 20 years ago but was unsuccessful.
“Just to see the love and the caring in these pictures just blows my mind,” she said. “That a complete stranger can just open themselves up and care for you, and I just want to be able to thank her for that.”
On Tuesday, nearly 40 years after it was taken, Berger and Scarpinati were reunited, and both could hardly believe it was really happening.
“I feel like it’s Christmas,” Scarpinati said in anticipation.
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