The Nelsons could hardly believe what they were seeing with their own eyes. Staggering forward, the couple rushed to Samuel, hesitantly reaching out to touch him.

When they confirmed that the man standing before them was indeed their son—the son who had jumped into the ocean a year ago to save his daughter—their eyes instantly filled with tears, and they threw themselves at him, embracing him tightly as they wept.

“Is it really my Sam? Sam, have you come back? ...