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>>> at approximately 1:00 p.m., diane called jackie hance. this is the phone call where she sounded disheveled and disoriented. >> he basically stated that she didn't sound like herself. at one point he called her danny, which is her husband's name. he knew something was wrong. the kids were crying in the background. he told his sister to stay put, that he'd be right up there. >> when there is an incoherent phone call with her brother, her oldest niece is apparently on the phone to her parents saying there's something wrong with aunt diane. >> they're say aunt diane can't see. aunt diane can't -- something is wrong with aunt diane. they were pulled over at that point, and emma told her dad where they were. read me a sign, and she said tarrytown. >> warren races up from where he is in long island to the tappen zee bridge to try and find diane. she leaves her phone on the jersey barrier, the divider at the pap z bridge. >> the phone was located on the pap z lewis puller, jr.off on the right. someone had found her cell phone sitting on a guide r

jackie felt joy. >> oh, my goshi see myself in the mirror. >> reporter: she says emma, allison, and katie are always with her. in fact, they are the inspiration for the hancels build confidence and self-esteem. the haes want every girl to be confident and happy, just as they wh for their own daugers. it has become a mission for warren. >> does it keep one person out of trouble? does it keep one girl from feeling bad about themselves for one day? i know we've made a difference. where that difference goes tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that, you know, you can only dream. >> reporter: to help support the foundation financially, jackie has written a book, "i'll see you again." she writes about hope in the face of sufring and the spirit ofer girls. >> my greest desire is for people to kno them. that never get to know them. and maybe emma's future mother-ilaw, or katie's future college roommate, or somebody who didn't get the chance to see them might meet them through the book. >> reporter: jackie and warren's new bundle of joy casey is now 17 months old, a little girl teaching her parents to let go of some of their tragedy and to know that ev