SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — It felt like a reunion of old friends, but Rhea Holmes and Jamie Pastorello were only meeting for the second time.
The reconnection on Dec. 15 happened at the Syracuse Police Department’s headquarters in Downtown Syracuse.
Their story starts on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Thornden Park near Syracuse University. Holmes was walking uphill with groceries she had just gotten from a nearby food pantry. It was blustery and cold, she remembers…