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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 ] it's gonna be alright sweetheart. i just want you to know that i love you though okay? we all go through something in life. ♪ just wanna see you ♪ just wanna see you ♪ i wanna see you be brave ♪ i just wanna se...

And i didn't feel any pain. i had no idea what was -- what had happened. and then i sat up, and i try -- he said we've 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, there's something wrong with my foot and he lifted up my leg and we just lost it. i don't want this to be the end. i'm only 32. i don't want this to be the end. so whether it's, you know, running the marathon or walking the marathon or crawling the marathon and being the last one across, i'm okay with that. i didn't say i'd win it. but i am defiant, and i want -- i wa...

Oh, my gosh, are you okay? and i said, i think we're okay. and i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe that we survived. and we weren't hurt at all. i didn't 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. there's something wrong with my afoot. he lifted up my leg and we just lost it. i don't want this to be the end. i'm only 32. i don't want this to be the end. you know, whether it's running the marathon, crawling the marathon, being the last one across. i d...

That. i didn't 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 wasn't 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 bomber's mother. nick joins us from the capital. what is she saying? >> reporter: a number of things. very distressed. i spoke to her when she was under the belief that her eldest son tamerl...

To another cnn exclusive. we're 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. here's what she had to say to cnn's anderson cooper. >> i landed, and sort of closed my eyes and was underneath adam and kind of covering my head, and my face, it was very gray and quiet. gr...