moved a week earlier. moved to to the u. zmt s.s. comfort. >> reporter: she flew to the u.s. ship looking for kirvin. once again he was gone. he had been transferred to a hospital in northern haiti, six hours away from his mom. at least they'd be together again, right? wrong. the red tape. the earthquake destroyed eclane's personal paper. had no legal proof kirvin's son. >> they want to do things the right way. how can we prove these people claiming to be parents are really parents? >> reporter: finally after almost three weeks in that hospital they were reunited. the international red cross and the government of haiti had concluded eclane and kirvin were, indeed, mother and son. this was the moment his mother had been dreaming about. it had been five weeks since she'd seen her 2-year-old. the international red cross says