It 's been an emotional time for the parents of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga . His mother , Maria , said her son did n't show up , and they did n't even know he was missing . ` ` I would lie to God , and I did n't lie to you , I was crying , '' she says . One of the castaway 's nieces made a heart-shaped decoration . For the excited residents of his town in El Salvador , Alvarenga is a hero .
It 's been an emotional time for the parents of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga . His mother , Maria , said her son did n't show up , and they did n't even know he was missing . ` ` I would lie to God , and I did n't lie to you , I was crying , '' she says . For the excited residents of his town in El Salvador , Alvarenga is a hero .