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>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT
SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE WAITING TO
MEET THE PERSON, A STRANGER, WHO
SAVED THEIR LIFE.
>> I TOLD MY COUSIN LAST NIGHT
THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE NIGHT
BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHERE YOU'RE
SO EXCITED BUT NERVOUS AT THE
SAME TIME, AND YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
>> Reporter: HER NAME IS ERIKA
BRA
BRANNOCK.
JUST TWO DAYS AGO, SHE LEFT A
HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, THE LAST
VICTIM OF THE BOSTON BOMBINGS TO
BE DISCHARGED.
THEY WERE TWO STRANGERS WHO MET
IN A MOMENT OF TERROR AT THE
FINISH LINE.
ERICA WAS GRAVELY WOUNDED IN THE
BOMBING, LOSING ONE LEG AND
BREAKING ANOTHER.
AS SHE LAY ON THE SIDEWALK IN
AGONY, SHE REMEMBERS THIS WOMAN
IN THE YELLOW SWEATER WITH THE
BROWN HAIR.
COMING OUT OF NOWHERE TO HELP
HER.
HER NAME IS AMANDA NORTH.
BUT ERICA DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT
THE TIME.
>> I DO REMEMBER MOVING OVER AND
CRAWLING OVER AND REACHING OUT
TO HER, BECAUSE SHE WAS
CONSCIOUS.
>> Reporter: AMANDA WAS THE
FIRST TO HEAR ERICA'S SCREAMS.
SHE SAW ERICA'S LOWER LEFT LEG
HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF, AND YELLED
FOR HELP.
AMANDA TOOK OFF HER BELT, WHICH
WAS USED AS A TOURNIQUET.
A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE "BOSTON
GLOBE" CAPTURED THE MOMENT.
WHEN WE VISITED WITH ERICA ON
MONDAY, THE DAY SHE WAS RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, WE
SHOWED HER THE PHOTO OF THE
WOMAN SHE SO DESPERATELY WANTED
TO FIND.
ERICA THOUGHT SHE HAD SAID HER
NAME WAS JOAN.
AND SHE WAS FROM CALIFORNIA.
>> THAT'S JOAN RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN SHE IS HOLDING MY HAND
RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS MY RIGHT LEG.
>> Reporter: MONDAY NIGHT AFTER
OUR STORY AIRED ON "AC 360," WE
FOUND ERICA'S JOAN WHO WE NOW
KNOW IS AMANDA NORTH.
WE ARRANGED FOR HER TO FLY FROM
CALIFORNIA TO MEET ERICA IN
BALTIMORE, WHERE SHE IS IN
REHAB.
WHAT DID ERICA THINK WHEN HER
MOM TOLD HER THE GOOD NEWS?
>> SHE SAID DO YOU WANT TO MEET
JOAN TOMORROW AND I STARTED
CRYING.
>> Reporter: WITHIN 24 HOURS,
THE TWO WERE SET TO MEET.
>> I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK
HER FOR HELPING ME AND, YOU
KNOW, BEING THERE FOR ME AND
HOLDING MY HAND THE WHOLE TIME.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU NERVOUS AS
WE HEAD INSIDE HERE?
>> I REALLY AM.
IT'S A STRANGE THING, BECAUSE IN
A WAY SHE IS A STRANGER TO ME.
BUT WHEN YOU SHARE THINGS LIKE
THIS, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE KNOWN
SOMEONE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SO I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HER.
BUT I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
>> Reporter: MOMENTS LATER, RAW
EMOTION.
>> OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT YOU.
LOOK AT YOU.
>> I'M SO GLAD WE FOUND YOU.
>> I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
EVERY MOMENT.
>> ME TOO.
>> SINCE THE MARATHON.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD
OF YOU OR WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO
YOU.
>> Reporter: LIKE OLD FRIENDS,
THE TWO EXCHANGED GIFTS.
ERICA GAVE AMANDA A NECKLACE
WITH A DRAGON FLY ON IT TO MATCH
HERS.
>> I WANTED YOU TO HAVE ONE TOO.
>> Reporter: AMANDA BROUGHT
ERICA HER FAVORITE SCARF.
>> AND I WANT YOU TO JUST THINK
OF ME WHENEVER YOU WEAR THIS AND
KNOW THAT I'M ALWAYS THERE FOR
YOU.
THIS NEVER GOES AWAY.
WE'RE FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
>> WE ARE.
WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE
CONNECTED.
>> YEAH, WE WILL.
I'M NEVER GOING TO STOP HOLDING
YOUR HAND, NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: BOTH SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES.
>> THEY STARTED WRAPPING MY LEG,
SO THEY HAVE IT WRAPPED UP
REALLY TIGHT.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING
PERFORATED EAR DRUMS.
BUT TODAY THEY LAUGHED ABOUT
GETTING EACH OTHER'S NAMES
WRONG.
>> YOU THOUGHT MY NAME WAS JOAN
AND I THOUGHT YOUR NAME WAS
IRENE.
>> I KNOW.
I WAS TELLING SO MANY PEOPLE, I
DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD HAVE
GOTTEN THEM SO WRONG.
>> Reporter: FINALLY TOGETHER,
THEY RELIVED THAT TERRIBLE DAY.
>> I HAD THIS HORRIBLE FEELING
THAT I WAS GOING TO DIE.
LIKE I COULD SENSE THAT
SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG.
AND RIGHT AWAY, YOU CAME RIGHT
UP TO ME, AND YOU GRABBED MY
HAND AND YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU
WEREN'T GOING TO LET GO.
AND YOU DIDN'T.
>> I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A
REASON I WAS THERE.
I JUST FELT THIS COMPULSION TO
GO OVER TO YOU.
>> Reporter: ERICA'S EXTENDED
FAMILY ALL THANKED AMANDA FOR
HELPING SAVE ERICA THAT DAY.
BUT IT WAS THIS MOMENT BETWEEN
AMANDA AND ERICA'S MOTHER WHO
HAD BEEN GIVEN ERICA'S
BELONGINGS AT THE HOSPITAL, THAT
SAID SO MUCH.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING, I COULD
BE HOLDING THESE AND SHE
WOULDN'T BE HERE.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO YOU SHE'S
HERE.
>> Reporter: TO ERICA AND HER
FAMILY, AMANDA IS A HERO.
BUT AMANDA JUST WANTS TO BE