>> skate, rollerblade. >> you know i love you. and you don't even know me. >> reporter: three f intertwined with nancy's. >> they told me i wasn't going to get a heart. i wasn't going to give up. i said, it will come for me. >> can i open it now? i would love to hear your heart. >> oh my god. >> press down. >> so strong. >> we would like to thank you once again for the wonderful that you guys will forever be in our hearts. god bless you. >> reporter: when we come back, pat hardison's 15-month journey to say thank you. >> hopefully she's not going to regret her decision of doing this. >> reporter: and the moment pat and nancy come face-to-face. >> this is in many ways the big moment. pat's going to walk down the stairs. what's going through your mind? >> i'm ready. >> reporter: when "nightline" returns. lly get in shape. not to be focusing on my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflamm

. >> rollerblading? >> you can't just try golf once. you have to display that -- you have to play that for a long period of time to get good at it. >> and it is expensive. >>> things giving week is here. getting a break from work. still to come, what aaa predicts the holiday will be the busiest in almost a decade. >>> has black friday become the new cyber monday? some people are hoping that you will just skip the lines and shop from home. >>> welcome back everyone to 12 today as we take a live look outside. right now, 61 degrees, and we are starting the work week off wet and rainy. drivers, be careful on the roads. jimmy, what can we expect? struck a beautiful sunrise. the sky will be amazing. the eastern skies are just starting to open up right now. a combination of clouds and sunshine. there. the lights are starting to slow -- slowly go down. with a major disturbance across our region. a specific system. more rain coming from california. it is called -- it is called peter storms. is broken up a bit. we had showers early this morning.

you get to play around and if you fall it doesn't hurt as much as if you are rollerblading or if you fall, you just try again. >> sugar bowl and kirkwood ski resorts are scheduled to hold their opening day is tomorrow. sierra-at-tahoe is set to open on saturday and fresh snow this weekend could help resorts expand the number of runs that are open. >>> new information a mother of two from chester county missing since november 2nd was found alive today. sherry papini went for a jog near her home in redding three weeks ago and was not seen again until today. investigators say the 34-year- old was released by her captors early this morning in woodland. while many are celebrating her safe return investigators say the search for suspects is just now beginning. vicki gonzales has our report. >> reporter: welcoming home a mother more than three weeks after her mysterious disappearance. >> we are very ecstatic to report that sherri papini has been located. >> reporter: 34-year-old sherri papini vanished november 2nd while jogging just a mile from her redding home. >> after not responding to p

we've also got about 1,000 clouns, some of them on rollerblades and with confetti.ery, very exciting stuff here. thank you so much. i don't even know how to get away with that. aside from that the crowd is extremely excited. they are pumped to be here. we have kids of all ages that are very, very excited not just for the floats, the balloons, but also the characters and performances. i don't know if you've heard but -- >> how you doing? we're doing great. >> hi. >> happy birthday. >> happy thanksgiving. >> a lot of joy in this crowd, also. people very, very thankful that they've got new york's finest here. about 3,000 police officers watching the parade route. we spoke a short while ago with the commissioner of new york police saying this is one of the most important days for the city of new york. it's not just about making sure that the crowds are safe, but also making sure that they have a good time. as i said before there are a lot of families here. a lot of excitement in the air. and a lot of folks here thankful to have those officers putting their lives on the