. >> reporter: amazing story, 25-year-old jessica gamboa was out jogging near the elmanned door of airse. she's coming around the corner and she spots a bear cub and another bear cub and the first thing she wonders is where's the mama bear. >> when she came toward me, i put my hands in front of myself, almost like a i don't mean you no harm. i'm not here to harm you or your cubs. >> i don't want to harm you, but the bear doesn't care, the bear attacked her pushing her down and clawing at her. then the bear picked her up. >> she came into the other side, and while this was all happening, like, i played dead. i played dead as best i could, i didn't really make ae, scream, or fight back for that matter. i completely surrendered. >> reporter: and it worked, playing dead worked, the bear left, but jessica was in very bad shape, she said she could see the blood and feel it pulsing, she thought she was going to die, but she desperately wanted to live. listen gene. >> i have a baby boy, he's not a baby anymore, but he's mine. and a 4-year-old son at home and that's -- well, he's all i wanted t