this is the first time amanda has seen her former nurse, susan berger, first time in nearly four decades. first meeting at a hospital in albany were documented in a series of touching photos in 1977. the photos helped her get through some of her darkest times when she was bullied for her burn scars. >> i gave her that hug i wanted to give her for so long. >> such a great reminder to think of all the interactions i've had with patients, all the things i've done and maybe put aside the hard work and the times when it was so stressful and think about this. this is the best part. >> social media brought them together. a couple weeks ago she posted the photos online, hoping someone would recognize her nurse. someone did. and they got in touch. turned out berger had also held on to the same photos all these years. that's a great story. >>> rob powers up next with sports. >> baseball, baseball, baseball. the yankees are supposed to be making their playoff push by pushing around the red sox. problem is, the red sox are making things a little difficult. straight ahead, another game in the bronx.

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that nurse, susan berger came across the post. turns out she held on to the photos as well. >> i held her in my arms and i like butter. if she could have said anything to me it problemly would have been okay, i will be okay. >> thank you, thank you for just being who she was and caring. >> well, a meeting between the two women is in the works. >> that is -- >> nurses are hero. >> every day. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news, a man's wheelchair ramp stolen from his home. what his neighbors did what they heard about it. >> the pope said he wanted to meet immigrants during his visit here. how these women from mexico are trying to make his visit extra baby! i love that we're spending the weekend together. oh i know! hey, why don't you turn off your phone and all your stuff. good idea. it's off. mom? oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. did you like want to do something? i am doing something. leave slow downloads behind. it's good to be back. the 100% fiber optics network gives you the fastest internet available for

. >> amanda finally met susan berger tuesday at albany medical center in upstate new york, thanking eachact of their encounters so long ago in the pediatric care ward. >>> all right, let's talk about joaquin. a winds right now -- hurricane. winds right now sustained 85 and gusts to about 105 and we have hurricane warnings, this is the red here. through most of the bahamas. it will eventually become a category 2. according to the hurricane center. and this is now 2:00 a.m. in the morning. and it began to turn more to the north. okay? possibly strengthening to a category 3 and then done a couple of things here, added the plot which are the individual lines, that's an individual computer model saying hey i think it is going here and of course the closer the lines are together the more confidence we have in the forecast. now this red line, the big line is the national hurricane center forecast which is shifted drastically. taking the storm up the bay. that's not a good thing. we don't want that to happen. so maybe you want to spin this. maybe it's just as well we sit here on wednesday and wh

. >> amanda had not seen susan berger in four decades until yesterday. their first meetings at an bean hospital were documented -- albany hospital were documented. she was bullied for her burn scars. >> to give her that hug i wanted to give her for so long. >> a great reminder at the end of my career, the interactions with patients and the things that i have done and put aside the hard work and times when it was stressful and think about this. this is the best part. >> wow. >> the two found each other after she posted the old to the goes to on facebook. >> isn't that something. >> social media at its best. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news this morning," the first lady offers some important advice to young girls in our area talking about the lack of education opportunities for millions of girls across the world. >> remember, you can always stay on track of the weather >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic here on "eyewitness news this morning." let's go to the radar. we have rain heavy above i-287, new city, northern new

then a woman who says she worked in the recovery room at that time identifying the nurse as susan berger. berger telling abc news that she was stunned to hear scarpinati was stunned to hear she was looking for her and she treasured that photo. >> a reminder you can make a difference, you just have to remember to have that compassion every day. >> reporter: the two meeting for the first time in 38 years tuesday afternoon. back at the same hospital making a new memory and another picture worth a thousand words. for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> what a beautiful story. thank you, reena. >>> finally a dream come true for a teenager from florida. whitney stewart is the winner of the boys and girls club national youth of the year award presented by our parent company, disney. it honors a club member with strong character, academic success and a healthy lifestyle. whitney founded a group that advocates for sustainable agriculture and also interned in congress. she was a leader in junior rotc. she will receive scholarships and will get a new car and, wait for it, a