i was determined to get to my son. >> that's a pretty great mother's day present. >> yeah, it really is. he's a blessing. i can just tell him, hey, you know you lived through a tornado when you were 9 weeks old, 8 weeks old. >> now you're home for mother's day. what is that like? >> it's kind of hard. because i've pictured mother's day at home with his father. and happy and everything. and it's not. it's far from happy. >> she has applied for federal assistance. when she gets the check, first thing she plans on doing is buying a car and buying a home. from pratt city, reynolds wolf, cnn. an investigation is under way after a crowded commuter train overshot its stop in hoboken, new jersey, today and slammed into a bumper block. the bumper helped absorb the impact of the crash. 38 people suffer med minor injuries.