as soon as possible. >> when i undid my seat belt, my hand looked like i did it in a bucket of blood. >> reporter: the other driver died, her blood alcohol twice the legal limit. arrington says she remembers everything. >> i was dying. and i went in and they were trying to put the oxygen mask in, i could taste the blood coming out of my mouth. they said can you take a deep breath? i said, no. dr. erickson came, his face, he said -- i said please don't let me die today. he said i have no intentions of that. >> reporter: she was on a ventilator, suffered broken ribs, had part of her colon and small intestine. four weeks later -- >> i freaking love him. >> reporter: dr. erickson treated her the night of the crash. >> how bad was it? >> pretty bad. pretty bad. miss arrington was without a doubt bleeding to death. >> your recovery has to be physical but also emotional. >> survivors guilt and ptsd are real, and it's hard not to think i'm the one who's out of the hospital, i'm the one who's alive. and why.