article_snippet.sent: The two hadn't spoken in more than 15 years when he went missing the first time .
article_snippet.sent: Ingraham and the son had not spoken for years, but news of he improbably rescue in December brought the two back together.
article_snippet.sent: Mentally, physically and spiritually, I got my butt kicked.'
article_snippet.sent: Eventually he got weak and assumed he would die - and friends had already planned he funeral.