i'm makunda. >> reporter: jane knows none of this could have happened if makunda hadn't taken that giant> that young man has a lot of courage. >> reporter: he, in essence, really kind of saved your sister's life. >> the whole family, he saved their whole life. >> reporter: what did you say to him about that? >> i thanked him for his courage. told him i loved him and i was so happy to finally meet him. >> reporter: like an explorer who's just discovered a continent, makunda is equally overcome. >> just taking it all in. >> it feels like a whole new world just opened up. >> reporter: as the reunion winds down, susanne returns with her kids to a monument of her own childhood, the sand dunes where she used to play. it's a steep climb to the top, but susanne has surmounted challenges much higher. >> this is what your life means right now. to get to the top. >> i'm here. yes, yes. >> nice job. >> yeah, wow. >> reporter: even here, with the unmatched majesty of nature, susanne and the boys still rely on movies as their touchstone. >> you know what it's like? "the last of the mohicans." >> repor