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Tom is the son of the survivor that s mentioned in titanic records. reporter: for tom, there s no doubt that his father fought hard to survive so that one day his family could achieve the american dream. are there any lessons that your father taught you that left an impression on you? he always tried to remind me of my roots because he never forgot his roots. reporter: kathy park, nbc news, janesville, wisconsin. when we come back, there s good news this memorial day weekend with the reunion that one family will never forget ....
Passengers survived. showing what these men overcame really demonstrates the kind of obstacles that they had to overcome in their lives. reporter: it took the crew to europe, and janesville, wisconsin. it pointed to a critical connection, tom fong, owner of one of the oldest chinese restaurants in the u.s. and a possible descendant of one of the titanic survivors. i heard a little snippet from my father s friend saying that he was rescued from the waters. he clung on to a corpse and then climbed up to a piece of debris and tied himself off. reporter: those family anecdotes sparked lifelong curiosity to find out what happened to his father who kept his past private but after shifting through years of ship records and other documents, researchers of the six tied tom s father back to that fateful night. we went in each case as far as the records would take us. it was really our job to find as much evidence as possible and let evidence tell the story. ultimately that s what we di ....