probably just having fun, she'll call tomorrow. she would always call me in the morning. >> did you ever worry about her when she went out like that clubbing? >> no, she was very smart. >> she wouldn't take chances? >> no. >> no, because though she loved to party, kenia was known as the responsible one. reliable, ambitious, hard-working, not flaky at all. she had recently graduated from one of colorado's top high schools, was now considering careers in tv production or criminology. here she is directing a student film. all the more remarkable because just seven years earlier kenia didn't know more than a word or two of english. >> [ speaking spanish ]. >> reporter: and not a single person in denver. apart, that is, from her mother, maria, who had migrated from honduras a few years before. and when she and kenia were finally reunited -- >> it was the happy day in my