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Photos: Woman reunites with nurse who treated her nearly 40 years ago

Amanda Scarpinati finally met Susan Berger, the young nurse who treated Scarpinati at an Albany, New York, hospital decades ago.

Nurse Susan Berger, left, and Amanda Scarpinati pose with a copy of a 1977 Albany Medical Center annual report during a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Scarpinati, who suffered severe burns as an infant, is finally getting the chance to thank Berger who cared for her, thanks to a social media posting that revealed the identity of the nurse in 38-year-old photos.

Nurse Susan Berger, left, and Amanda Scarpinati hug during a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y.

Nurse Susan Berger, left, and Amanda Scarpinati answer questions during a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Scarpinati, who suffered severe burns as an infant, is finally getting the chance to thank Berger who cared for her, thanks to a social media posting that revealed the identity of the nurse in 38-year-old photos.

Amanda Scarpinati speaks during a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. The upstate New York woman who suffered severe burns as an infant is finally getting the chance to thank the hospital nurse who cared for her, thanks to a social media posting that revealed the identity of the nurse in 38-year-old photos.

Amanda Scarpinati holds old photographs of herself being held by a nurse before a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. The upstate New York woman who suffered severe burns as an infant is finally getting the chance to thank the hospital nurse who cared for her, thanks to a social media posting that revealed the identity of the nurse in 38-year-old photos.

In this photo taken in 1977 and provided by Albany Medical Center, nurse Susan Berger cuddles infant Amanda Scarpinati, who had been severely burned by a steam vaporizer at home, in the pediatric unit at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. Scarpinati kept the hospital’s annual report that published the photo and was comforted by the picture when she was bullied for her burn scars as a child. She recently used social media to learn Berger’s identity so she could thank her for her loving care. The two women were reunited at the hospital on Tuesday.

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Nurse Susan Berger, left, and Amanda Scarpinati pose with a copy of a 1977 Albany Medical Center annual report during a news conference at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Scarpinati, who suffered severe burns as an infant, is finally getting the chance to thank Berger who cared for her, thanks to a social media posting that revealed the identity of the nurse in 38-year-old photos.

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