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Getting each other's names wrong. >> you thought my name was joan and i thought your name was irene. >> i know. i don't know how we could have gotten them so wrong, but it was so loud. >> reporter: finally together, they relived that terrible da thid horrible feeling i was going to die. i could sense something was really wrong. right away you came up to me and grabbed my hand and told me you weren't going to let go. and you didn't. >> i felt like there was a reason i was there. i just felt this compulsion to go over to you. >> erika's extended family all thanked amanda for helping save erika...