. >> reporter: connie hoagland was >> connie was lying on her side curled up in a ball. i rolled her over, there was glass, there was shrapnel, there was shards of metal everywhere, everywhere. >> reporter: te derks -- teddi knew all the hoagland family cell phone numbers, and she was the one who broke the news. >> i was driving and there was an explosion and my mom's truck blew up. so i immediately pulled over, stopped and called my dad, asked him what's going on. what do we do? >> reporter: what did he say? >> he said, i just heard, too. i don't know all the details. >> reporter: the hoagland family gathered at uc san diego county medical center, where connie had been taken for emergency surgery. >> we got to see her rushed from the hallway into surgery. it was probably ten seconds. and i just remember telling her, i love you, and her being awake but kind of being out of it. and then that was it. the wires coming out of her and the bags hanging and the blood and all that, it was very, very shocking, taken aback. i almost felt sick. >> reporter: what did you think had ha