Ian Rosenberger was the easygoing 23-year-old dolphin trainer at the heart of Palau's dominant Koror tribe — a likable challenge threat who rode the most lopsided run in Survivor history toward the end. Then, at the final four, he was caught maneuvering against his closest ally Tom Westman, and the trust that had carried him curdled almost overnight.
What he did next made him a Palau legend. In the final immunity challenge, Ian and Tom clung to a buoy for almost twelve hours — a Survivor endurance record — until Ian climbed down, asking Tom to take Katie Gallagher to the Final Two instead of him, accepting his own elimination in third as an act of atonement.
