Who was the stranger who saved my life?

In April 1992, a gas leak in Guadalajara’s sewer system caused a series of blasts which decimated an entire neighbourhood of the Mexican city, ripping through buildings and hurling cars and trucks into the air. Sonia Solorzano was on a bus that exploded twice and she would spend decades trying to find the unknown rescue worker who saved her life. The only clue she had was a grainy photo showing the man’s back as he pulled her from the wreckage of the bus. (A longer version of this interview was first broadcast in April 2022)

Presenter: Clayton Conn
Producer: Maryam Maruf

(Photo: Sonia Solorzano [bottom right] after being saved from a wrecked bus by an unknown rescue worker, later identified as Pablo Carrera. Credit: Courtesy of Sonia Solorzano)

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