from almost the very beginning after the attack, tiffany hartley seemed to be everywhere, telling her story. >> i think it would be difficult for anybody in my situation. and i know, you know, there's been stories out there before, and people questioned. but i know what i know. i mow what i saw. >> not only interviews with local television stations but networks on the "today" show. >> how close did these people come to you? can you describe them to me? >> honestly, looking at the barrel of the gun is all i saw. >> the cbs "morning news." >> we never really had that feeling that something was going to happen that day. >> but word began to leak out even from mexico that her story was being doubted. >> so she kept on coming this way. >> zapata county sheriff ziggy gonzalez was the first american law enforcement official to speak with her. >> it seems that something made up, a story out of the comic