i know that i couldn't -- i wanted a picture of whitney who was this beautiful, living, vibrant little girl instead of -- i would keep that picture in my head as opposed to, you know, a battered body. >> 50 miles away at parkview hospital, laura's parents and sister were steeling themselves, preparing to see her for the first time since she had been terribly injured in the crash. >> they had told us at that point, expect to see her in an altered state. she's got tubes coming out everywhere. you know, she's bruised up. >> she's not going to look like herself. >> not going to look like herself, right. >> so when you walked in the room? what did she look like? >> what did we see? >> well, a lot of things that were foreign, like machines and tubes, and, really, she was