Chris Buchleitner and his mother, Dawn Tomko, went on many camping trips together, like the one shown here.
With help on the way, Manuel could have headed on for Tucson or Phoenix.
The local fire chief gave him a small stuffed horse, telling Manuel he’d been a hero in the wilderness, like the Lone Ranger.
An orphaned boy moves to PennsylvaniaWhen Chris Buchleitner was still a baby, his parents made a plan for the worst-case scenario.
Cordova, who now has seven children and four grandchildren, says he thought of his own children when he came across Chris Buchleitner in the Arizona wilderness.
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