up in the indian ocean where the plane crashed. but she says she simply can't believe that. so she herself doesn't want to believe it, and she has been unable to tell her two children. she has two young boys, age one and five, because she simply doesn't have the courage, brooke. >> what have you said to your children about what's happened to your husband, their father? >>translator: i don't bear to. i have no courage. every day i am scared to call my sons because once i call them, they will say daddy, mommy. my heart can't handle it. i don't want to hurt my children. >> reporter: she was describing how difficult it has been as a mother and as a wife, and she's still here, waiting for her husband. she is not going anywhere until she sees some physical evidence that he is gone forever. brooke? >> we will hear more stories