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[ thatcher ] where there is discord may we bring harmony. [ haslet-davis ] i absolutely will dance again and run the marathon next year. ♪ be bold. be courageous. ♪ say what you wanna say ♪ and let the words fall out ♪ honestly, i wanna see you be brave ♪ ♪ say what you wanna say [ man ] antoinette tuff worked to convince the gunman to point down his weapon. [ tuff ] its gonna be alright sweetheart. i just want you to know that i love you though okay? we all go through something in l...

And i didnt feel any pain. i had no idea what was -- what had happened. and then i sat up, and i try -- he said weve got to get out of here or something like that. and i sat up and tried to move and i said oh, my gosh, my foot, theres something wrong with my foot and he lifted up my leg and we just lost it. i dont want this to be the end. im only 32. i dont want this to be the end. so whether its, you know, running the marathon or walking the marathon or crawling the marathon and being the last ...

Oh, my gosh, are you okay? and i said, i think were okay. and i couldnt believe it. i couldnt believe that we survived. and we werent hurt at all. i didnt feel any pain. i had no idea what happened and then i sat up, and i tried -- he said we got to get out of here or something like that. i sat up and tried to move. i said oh, my gosh. theres something wrong with my afoot. he lifted up my leg and we just lost it. i dont want this to be the end. im only 32. i dont want this to be the end. you kno...

That. i didnt say i would win it. but i -- i am defiant and i want to -- i want to come out stronger. >> so nice to see her smile. haslet-davis, a dancer, has never run a marathon before. but at one point in her life, she wasnt a balance room dancer either she says. the tsavraev brothers spent self-years in the republic of dagestan, where their parents live today. and we have just spoken with the alleged bombers mother. nick joins us from the capital. what is she saying? >> reporter: a number of...

To another cnn exclusive. were hearing for the first time in a dance instructor who lost a foot, and part of her leg here in the attacks at the boston marathon. 32-year-old adrianne haslet-davis was watching the marathon with her husband adam davis, air force captain, when they were hit by the second explosion. despite her injuries, haslet-davis is vowing to dance again, and to run in the boston marathon. heres what she had to say to cnns anderson cooper. >> i landed, and sort of closed my eyes ...

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