alive. then you see her. >> i mean, erin, it was -- i mean, it's like the most unexplainable feeling. elation. i shook the helicopter with my scream. i screamed over the rotor wash. it was just like the most incredible moment of my entire life. it was absolute magic, incredible elation, the single most incredible moment of my life. no doubt about it. >> and you know, the way these things work is that, look, police and firefighters do everything they can, but there's rules, right? after 72 hours, they suspend the search. that's three days, just to be clear. 17 days went by. amanda knew that was the policy. that's what she said today and she would see some of those choppers flying over in those first few days, she could see them, but they did not see her. so then all of a sudden she realized, they're not going to be flying anymore. so then, how -- how did you hold out hope, after those three days, when all of those resources went away that you could still find her?