he said, we found your daughter and she s she s alive. and then i lost service with him. or it broke out and i said, all right. get your stuff, we re going to cody. reporter: mckenzie s flight instructor bobbi was at that moment about to give up and turn towards home. heartbroken, when on her radio she heard something rather terrifying. i heard one of my friends say, has anybody let bobbi know yet? i m like oh, my god. reporter: let bobbi know what? and i said, i m on. what s going on? and they said, they found her. she s safe. what a relief. i just started crying. reporter: bobbi, too, headed straight to cody. i couldn t get there fast enough. reporter: mckenzie s uncle and grandfather flew there, too. that was the best moment we could have had. that she was found. and healthy. reporter: mary mayer took this photograph.
cody. reporter: mckenzie s flight instructor bobbi was at that moment about to give up and turn towards home. heartbroken. when on her radio she heard something rather terrifying. i heard one of my friends say, has anybody let bobbi know yet? i m like oh, my god. reporter: let bobbi know what? and i said, i m on. what s going on? and they said, they found her. she s safe. what a relief. i just started crying. reporter: bobbi, too, headed straight to cody. i couldn t get there fast enough. reporter: mckenzie s uncle and grandfather flew there, too. that was the best moment we could have had. that she was found. and healthy. reporter: mary mayer took this photograph. search planes headed home, silhouetted against a smoky sunset to mark the moment. it was an unbelievable feeling.