Jonathan Penner has one of those Survivor résumés that would make you assume his most vivid memory involves pain, strategy or Jeff Probst calling for medical. The three-time player competed on some of the best Survivor seasons: Cook Islands, Micronesia and Philippines. He became one of the franchise’s most memorable players and was famously medically evacuated due to an infected knee. So, yes, I would have guessed that moment had lodged itself deepest in his brain. But turns out I'd be wrong.
It seems Penner’s most cherished Survivor memory is far more personal. While discussing the show’s 25th anniversary and Survivor's 50th season with People before the Tribeca Festival, where he helped organize a special panel, Penner said the moment that stayed with him most was seeing his late wife, filmmaker Stacy Title, during a family visit on his first season. He said:
