--- title: Paramedic and Pediatrician Who Saved Each Others Lives Are Reunited description: Two men who saved each others lives at random times are reunited at a childhood cancer research fundraiser canonical: https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-30T18:07:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:12.019Z og:title: The Amazing Story of How Two Men Saved Each Other 30 Years Apart og:description: Two men who saved each others lives at random times are reunited at a childhood cancer research fundraiser og:url: https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Amazing Story of How Two Men Saved Each Other 30 Years Apart twitter:description: Two men who saved each others lives at random times are reunited at a childhood cancer research fundraiser twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Amazing Story of How Two Men Saved Each Other 30 Years Apart  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 30, 2015 6:07 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 30, 2015 6:07 PM UTC A paramedic and pediatrician who saved each other’s lives participated in a charity event Sunday that raised money for life-saving cancer research. KTLA [" title="" target="\_blank">reports](//player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#pbid=f987944e2b8d47c5ad7da7977780b8bd&ec=xjdTU5dDp3CtMU-LhD%5FAbi4MwGwalJ1W) that paramedic Chris Trokey was one of the people who rescued pediatrician Dr. Michael Shannon from a car accident on March 29, 2011\. Trokey did not realize until he got to the hospital that he was the same Michael Shannon who, 30 years prior, had worked round the clock to nurse him back to health after he was born prematurely, weighing just over three pounds. Trokey [told KTLA](http://ktla.com/2015/03/29/oc-paramedic-helps-rescue-doctor-who-saved-his-life-as-baby-pair-reunited/) that Shannon is now his son’s pediatrician. According to the news station, Shannon and Trokey shaved their heads at a fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/"},"headline":"The Amazing Story of How Two Men Saved Each Other 30 Years Apart","datePublished":"2015-03-30T18:07:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:12.019Z","description":"They were reunited over the weekend at a charity event","url":"https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family & Relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763532/paramedic-pediatrician-saved-each-others-lives/","name":"The Amazing Story of How Two Men Saved Each Other 30 Years Apart"}}]}] ```