. >> reporter: we went with elaine joseph whose infant daughter tamika is among the 1 million people buried here. no cameras or cell phones are allowed. >> there are no markers. there is a mass grave. you just know there's bodies buried there because they told us so. >> reporter: but you go? >> i go, because it's all i have. it's all i have left. i bring a little stuffed animal. >> reporter: in january 1978, elaine was a 23-year-old nurse, pregnant and living with her boyfriend whenhe unexpectedly mo earasaving her. >> reporter: days later, she says, her daughter needed emergency surgery for a heart deformity. new york city was in the middle of a crippling snowstorm. >> i couldn't get to the hospital. there were no trains. there were no buses. there was no public transportation. >> reporter: elaine was home when she got the news. >> and they said she had another cardiac arrest and she died. >> reporter: you had to hear that on the phone? >> yes. i couldn't be there. that's one of my main regrs, t i w notrespith excuse me. it's 41 years, but it never goes away. >> reporter: when elain

. >> reporter: we went with ee elaine joseph, his infant is buried here.d us so. >> reporter: but you go? >> i go. because it is all i have. it's all i have left. i bring a little stuffed animal. >> reporter: in january 1978, elaine was a 23-year-old nurse, pregnant and living with her boyfriend, when he unexpectantly went into labor and gave birth a month early. >> it was my first child, and i was happy to be having her. >> reporter: days later, she says, her daughter needed emergency surgery for a heart deformity. new york city was in the middle of a crippling snowstorm. >> i couldn't get to the hospital. there were no trains, no buses, no public transportation. >> reporter: elaine was home when she got the news. >> they said, she had another cardiac arrest and she died. >> reporter: wow, to hear that on the phone? >> yes. i couldn't be there. that is one of my main regrets, is that i was not there at the hospital with her. excuse me.it41ears, but it never goes away. >> reporter: when elaine did get to the hospital to claim the body of her baby girl... >