>> sue brierley: ( sighs ) oh. >> john brierley: pretty incredible-- >> sue brierley: yes. >> john brierley: yeah-- >> sue brierley: it was just so amazing. he just had these incredible he seemed a little bit cautious, but he didn't seem fearful. >> whitaker: they took saroo back to their home on the australian island of tasmania where he had a toy-filled room as big as his house in india. his new mother put a map of india on his wall, so he'd always remember where he came from. >> sue brierley: he virtually put his life in our hands from the first moment we met. >> whitaker: you could f >> sue brierley: yes. yes. definitely. >> whitaker: they saved you. >> saroo brierley: they did. but they didn't know my past and what had been. and i only told them to the point of, you know, as much language as i had that i could describe things. >> whitaker: slowly, as he learned english in school, he began to reveal his past. he remembered details of the station where he got on the train to calcutta. the water tower. he remembered the dam where he would play in the river. sue wrote it all down in this d