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Including cell phone calls she and her abducter made to each other. this morning on nbc's "today" show she talked about those calls and thinks of herself as a survivor, not a victim. >> reporter: one thing she wanted to clear up, she knows people have been speculating about those 13 text messages she swapped with jim dimaggio. she wanted to clear it up and here's what she had to say. >> the phone calls weren't phone calls, they were texts, because he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn't know the address or where i was. so i had to tell him the address and tell him that i was going t...

Us now. >> reporter: anderson, one thing she wanted to clear up, people have been speculating about those 13 text messages she swapped with jim dimaggio. she wanted to clear it up and here is what she had to say. >> the phone calls weren't phone calls, they were texts because he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn't know address or what -- like where i was. so i had to tell him address and tell him i was going to be in the gym and not in front of the school, just so he knew where to come get me. >> reporter: she also got choked up remembering her mother and her brother and having to ...

16-year-old hannah anderson spoke out and tried to silence skeptics that her explanation about her communication with the alleged kidnaper leading up to the ordeal may have led to more questions than answers. >> her mom always taught her to be strong through everything and that's what she's doing for her. >> reporter: hannah anderson's family reacting to her first tv interview which she answered her skeptics. >> they don't know the story so they have their own opinion what they hear. >> reporter: has h hanna's grandfather said she had this to say about the emotional account. >> she's a 16-year...

>> the phone calls weren't phone calls, they were texts, because he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn't know the address or where i was. so i had to tell him the address and tell him that i was going to be in the gym, not in front of the school. just so he knew where to come get me. >> reporter: she got choked up remembering her mother and her brother and having to prepare herself for the memorial that's going to happen here on saturday. and one other thing i want to mention, anderson, i just spoke with the aunt of jim dimaggio. she says that she believes her niece, the family memb...

And the murders. and it was list listed by police in the warns. she gave an emotional description of her little brother, ethan, spoke about her mother, and talked about all of the public reaction, much of it negative, to her abduction. plus, she explained the reasons for posting pictures and talking online. have a listen. >> the phone calls weren't phone calls. they were textings because he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn't know the address or, like, where i was so, i had to tell him the address and tell him that i was going to be in the gym and not in front of the school just so...