A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both

After surviving a car crash, Chris Buchleitner was wandering alone through the remote Arizona desert on Thanksgiving 16 years ago when he encountered Manuel Cordova, a Mexican migrant who had just crossed the border to seek work in the US. Suddenly, Cordova was faced with a momentous decision.

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