even you can tell that from the different angles. so who identified her and what do we know about her? reporter: well, she s from california. so erika did have that part right. but as you know, the explosion was so loud, they both had perforated eardrums and trouble hearing. so it s actually pretty understandable that erika thought the woman said her name was joan and the woman that she called joan thought erika s name actually was irene this whole time. but it was amanda, anderson, who identified herself first to us. she sent me an e-mail late last night. the subject line read simply that s me. it turns out some friends had texted her saying that they d seen her picture on ac 360 last night. her niece also e-mailed saying it was amanda. her son posted our story on his facebook page. but what we do know about her is that she s in her 50s. she graduated princeton university. and she got her mba from stanford university. and do we know why she was in boston for the race? repo
the professional photo is her from her linkedin profile and then just compare that to the photos of her that you see here helping erika at the marathon. you can certainly see it s the same woman. she s there in the yellow, but she has a very similar face, similar eyes. even you can tell that from the different angles. so who identified her and what do we know about her in. reporter: well, she s from california. so erika did have that part right. but as you know, the explosion was so loud, they both had perforated eardrums and trouble hearing. so it s actually pretty understandable that erika thought the woman said her name was joan and the woman that she called joan thought erikas name actually was irene this whole time. but it was amanda, anderson, who identified herself first to us. should sent me an e-mail late last night. the subject line read simply that s me. it turns out some friends had texted her saying that they d seen her picture on ac 360 last night. her niece also
different angles. so who identified her and what do we know about her in. reporter: well, she s from california. so erika did have that part right. but as you know, the explosion was so loud, they both had perforated eardrums and trouble hearing. so it s actually pretty understandable that erika thought the woman said her name was joan and the woman that she called joan thought erikas name actually was irene this whole time. but it was amanda, anderson, who identified herself first to us. should sent me an e-mail late last night. the subject line read simply that s me. it turns out some friends had texted her saying that they d seen her picture on ac 360 last night. her niece also e-mailed saying it was amanda. her son posted her story on his facebook page. but what we do know about her is that she s in her 50s. she graduated princeton university. and she got her mba from stanford university. and do we know why she was in boston for the race? reporter: for her daughter. she
then just compare that to the photos of her that you see here helping erika at the marathon. you can certainly see it s the same woman. she s there in the yellow, but she has a very similar face, similar eyes. even you can tell that from the different angles. so who identified her and what do we know about her in. reporter: well, she s from california. so erika did have that part right. but as you know, the explosion was so loud, they both had perforated eardrums and trouble hearing. so it s actually pretty understandable that erika thought the woman said her name was joan and the woman that she called joan thought erikas name actually was irene this whole time. but it was amanda, anderson, who identified herself first to us. should sent me an e-mail late last night. the subject line read simply that s me. it turns out some friends had texted her saying that they d seen her picture on ac 360 last night. her niece also e-mailed saying it was amanda. her son posted her story on h
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