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Refer you. instead of saying it's not really my business, but again this whole thing, extreme domestic issues, was part of this. >> and maeve, you were somebody who stopped. the little boy said, leshaun said no one would stop. what has this done to you? i mean, being this accidental bystander in this know and knowing you're going to be thinking about leshaun how do you move on from them? >> baby steps. it's baby steps. because i myself, i feel guilty myself if i wasn't there 15 minutes beforehand, to be there, to get the baby out, two kids out, anybody out. but it's just baby steps and my pray...

Tight. literally blaming himself for everything that went on and he didn't get help fast enough. >> so clearly he was trying to get his siblings out of the van. people we spoke to say 10-year-old leshaun was a great, responsible kid, he was helping his mom with his younger siblings, would take the two brothers to a nearby church, help out at the day care center where the kids stayed while his mom went to work. the day care director told cnn that the day the tragedy, the mom picked her kids up unusually early, she really looked out of it. one of the teachers told the mom that if she needed any ...

Welcome. >> thank you. >> maeve, i understand it's just sinking in. you were brought into this completely accidentally. how did you see the little boy? >> i saw him when i was driving in the street and four or five cars ahead of me. i didn't know whether it was an adult or little boy or who it was, so nobody was stopping and it was at night and in heavy traffic and by the time it was my turn to go through the stop sign i saw him going like this, help me, help me, help me. i rolled down the window, he was like help me. i'm like what's the matter. he said mom drove the car into the water. i got ...

5, 2, 10 and and 11 months old. seconds before the car sank it appears she may have come to her senses. according to an eyewitness who spoke to the boy, her 10-year-old son leshaun, only survivor, says the car was slipping into the water, his mom climbed into the back seat cradled her children saying if i'm going to die you're all going to die with me. as the 10-year-old broke free, she had a change of heart saying oh, my god, i made a mistake. when she climbed back into the front seat and tried to put the car into reverse it was too late. the 10-year-old boy you see there he managed to escape...

>> welcome to "american morning." good friday morning to you. it is april 15th. >> awful lot going on to end the week this week. so many stories we've been following in japan, libya and all of the international events, but luts events at home. >> usually be tax day, but you get three extra days this year. if you're procrastinating. >> kick back and watch the whole show. no hurry. we want to bring you up to date on extreme weather. storms racing across the country. tornadoes possibly spawned in at least parts of seven states. witnesses say one huge funnel cloud touched down in tushk...