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vacation that turned deadly for a retired couple from nebraska. they died after smoke filled their cabin. >> now because of a law passed nearly 100 years ago, the children are finding it all but impossible to hold the cruise line responsible. here's brian ross. >> reporter: the americans who boarded this amazon riverboat in south america were told it was a brand-new vessel built to exceed safety standards, and for the hammers of lincoln, nebraska, it was their ultimate adventure. >> they had worked for years and lived pretty grfrugally. >> reporter: sometime after midnight, something went terribly wrong no tin the hamme cabin. in minutes, the entire hallway is filled with smoke. the rosenbergs said there were no fire

flashing lights. >> you couldn't see five inches in front of your face. >> reporter: again and again, crew members go to the hammers' cabin but don't try to go inside. it would be 20 minutes and 47 seconds from the first sign of smoke until the crew will enter the cabin to rescue the hammers. it was too late. larry hammer died in the cabin from smoke inhalation, and the crew waited another six minutes to pull out kristy hammer to died en route to the hospital. >> getting on that boat cost them their lives. >> reporter: an investigation by the peruvian navy found the cause to be an overheated power strip provided by the cruise. and the fire alarm did not sound, to the disgust of the hammers' children. >> they didn't put audible alarms in the cabins. >> reporter: a state-of-the-art boat. >> a state-of-the-art boat. >> reporter: but now as they try to take action against the company

they fear they will hide behind a law called "death on the high seas" act. it would only be liable for their parents' funeral expenses. >> there's no place else in the world that you can kill somebody and really have no consequence. other than international waters. >> reporter: the cruise industry says it has an outstanding record in operational safety and that imposing new and costly federal laws is unjustified and unnecessary. but now some in congress say the industry needs to be held more accountable. >> the crew, the management, everyone who has a responsibility for anyone on that ship ought to be held accountable when they fail to follow basic standards of care. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >> and brian tells us in a statement the company says only that it is deeply saddened bit hammers' death and it continues to review its operations. coming up, the gift of life fr

how one woman waiting for a miracle was saved. you're watching world news now.

♪ when you have a friend by your side ♪ ♪ that helps you to find ♪ the beauty you are when you open your heart and believe ♪ ♪ in the gift of a friend ♪ >> more and more we're hearing about how togetherness can play a pivotal role in the healing process. >> we're hearing how one woman's friends literally kept her alive while she waited for a new heart. >> reporter: amy stein's failing heart had her counting down the days until her suffering would end. >> i had

wall, dsix days, five days. >> reporter: luckily it came and went, thanks to the power of friendship. and now in silverstein's new memoir, my glory was i had such friends. she explains how nine of her closest friends saved her life while she writaited for a heart transplant. flying to her, sitting with her, making sure she never spent a moment alone. you guys were willing to do pretty much anything to get her through, rubbing her fight, rub being her back, massaging her, setting up spas in the hospital room. >> we improvised. and it's a gift for us, in a certain way to be able to show up for her. >> reporter: did you think there was a point she wasn't going to get a heart and you would have to say good-bye to your friend? >> that was a very real possible. >> absolutely had to reckon with the possibility that we were leaving and we

again. >> reporter: amy was 50 years old at the time of the transplant in 2014. but this wasn't the first time her heart had failed her. you had your first heart transplant at age 25. >> i was in school and found had hard to walk to class. i went to the doctor and they found out i was in heart failure. the doctor said after the transplant, if i got a yon orga would live ten years at best. >> reporter: she surpassed all odds by living with her first donor heart for 26 years, and now another three with her second donor heart. a walk down the hallway, just one day after surgery. >> we were at a gathering about a year after this heart transplant, and i looked over and saw amy dancing with, like, so much color in her face. it stopped me in my tracks, and i started to cry. we never could have imagined that she would feel that good, look that good and be

entire life. >> reporter: amy says of all of her hearts, this one is different. >> i was told that this young, young girl, who i know nothing really about, but she was an athlete, and i, she makes me want to run, and i can feel her as i run. >> reporter: she gave you new life. >> she gave me new life. not just life, but new life, life i never imagined, that i would ever feel this well. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> what's so amazing, too, that big group of friends that are so good at supporting her, many are strangers to each oh, it's not like a big communal group. they managed to work together, coordinate these calendars and so on and some of them not knowing each other. >> and you know how difficult it is to get friends together. >> we can't coordinate on anything. but they did all coordinate together. they loved her that much. >> would you do that for me? >> i think we should move on. >> i mine,

poet. keep smiling. >> a family reunion under the water. >> keep shining. >> a rather large family. >> knowing you can always count on me. that's what --

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♪ you, you, and i ♪ got together gone ♪ >> so finally, this half hour, a baby born premature, reunited, back together again with mom and dad. >> and when it's a family of hippos, that's cause for a whole city to celebrate. moth here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: believe it or not, this is what a premature baby hippo looks like. she was 29 pounds when show was born at the cincinnati zoo, but that's about half what baby hippos normally weigh, but

premie hippo ward, until back in the end, reunited with mom and dad. she even managed the hippo equivalent of a piggyback. hip, hip, hooray, these three ready for their first family portrait. >> that family portrait is beautiful, isn't it? >> hippopotamus, water horse. that's what it means. >> really? >> you're welcome. what a cutie though, a big cutie, i guess. while we're at it, let's check out some other animals enjoying the water, shall we? >> like water dogs. max and katie, they're a couple of great danes, cold chillin' here. nice touch with the floaties. >> the sippy cup just really completes the whole thing. >> what's in their

so after the pool, still got to rinse off. and this legend, a french, this is legend. it's a french mastiff. >> his name is legend. if he could talk, he would say "i am legend." and that's isaiah, cooling him off with a hose. he just looks sad because he's a mastiff. and that's just how his face falls, but we're guessing he's pretty happy about this outcome. >> i'm still trying to get over the "i am legend." >> you didn't like it? >> that's cute. >> that's how a mastiff looks, i am legend.

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