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Once-In-A-Lifetime Coincidence: Med Student’s Attending Surgeon Reveals Astounding Connection To Her Late Father.

A two-photo collage. The first shows a tweet from Erica Wenger that reads: My sister asked the attending where he went to med school & he said Univ of Arizona in class of ‘88. My sister said “No way! I think that’s the year my dad graduated med school” The second photo shows an old photo of Erica Wenger's parents smiling together as they stand near an ocean.

3. “The attending then said ‘I may know him! What is his name?’ and she said ‘Michael Wenger.'”

Tweet from Erica Wenger:

The attending dropped his instruments & immediately froze. My sister said it looked like he had just seen a ghost. The attending then said quietly 'I was his best friend.'
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Can you imagine how shocking of a moment this must have been for him to drop his instruments!?

4. “For those who don’t know, my dad passed away right before we were born & this attending never knew my dad had children, let along had a child that was in med school standing right in front of him in the operating room,” Erica explains.

Tweet from Erica Wenger:

Both the attending & my sister cried and exchanged stories about my dad. Apparently, this attending & my dad studied together for every test (of course now that we knew his first name, it rang a bell as my mom had mentioned him!)
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After all these years, these two families found their way back to each other.

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