but she's still kaia. that's all that matters to me. >> reporter: amanda roach is decidedly positive. >> come on, move your feet. let's walk. >> reporter: she'd love for kaia to take part in activities like her friends. >> i'm hoping one day she'll get there. >> reporter: what mother and daughter are about to discover, one day is today. >> okay. we'll tighten up a few things. >> reporter: louisiana retiree andrew mclinden is surprising kaia with an adaptive bike specially built for her ufrpg needs. in this case an extra wheel and straps to help keep her upright. >> look at that. look at that. >> reporter: it's the 430th he's donated after gifting the first one to a family friend 13 years ago. >> the neighborhood kids thought this bike was the coolest thing they'd ever seen. they loved it. and it's all about that inclusion thing. and that's when i knew this is it, this is what we need to do. >> reporter: initially self-funded and now with the help of donations, mclinden has created hundreds of moments like

thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> kaia, let me begin with you.now you were there with a friend. when did you first sense that something was terribly wrong? >> about 20 minutes before he came out. >> and what were you seeing in the crowd? >> i looked behind me, and there was no opening to get out. it was, like, there was just people on top of people, and it was just too much. >> and lucas, i know that you tried to help people along the way. you're a strong guy, clearly, but it took you crushed into the crowd as well. >> right. i was definitely crushed. it was just so intense to where you couldn't even scratch your face no matter how hard you tried. whatever position you were in, you were stuck in, regardless of what you did. >> lucas, you shared video with us, and you can see how tightly packed the crowd was. how close were you to the front, and how much were people crowded in together? >> i would say i was about at least 100 feet from the front. i was towards the middle, near where the camera people were at, and we were just packed beyond belief.

then kaia stood up and it and said yes, they did. because my mommy told me. and i was like oh, shoot. you basing it off something i told you? i don't know nothing. it's like how much you count on you believe in your pants because you think of them as superheroes. i thought of it then as a superhero. and so ways in which, the ways in which i found her to be human and flawed was devastating to me but not just to me personally. i think they also indicative of how we pour into people in movement. we talk about -- what is it called? the singular -- y'all know what i'm talking about. what is it? singular person -- the charismatic leader kind of thing. we kind of like but people like dr. king on a pedestal and all of that kind of stuff. it's so dangerous point those people are human beings who are just trying to figure it out as well. and if you are not -- if you are narcissistic, if ever crazy ego, you know, people dealing with all of that and the bottom line is ms. sanders really broke my heart at the end of the day. she broke my heart. s