want to leave our mom, David, now 8, remembers. I 'm like get your butts off the bus, Dahl said. They eventually did. Dahl says she managed to break free herself after a jolt on the bridge seemed to release her seatbelt, which had been stuck. Since that day, those on the bridge and their loved ones have never been the same. This particular mother-daughter pair say they 've always had a tight bond but Arrianna says she and her mother have grown even closer since their ordeal. We 've always been close, but I think after the accident we got closer because we shared the same experience and we know what its like, Arrianna said. The physical reminders of that day often overshadow the emotional ones. It does hurt to see my mom in pain because she cant do the things that she used to love to do. Dahl broke her back in the fall and that's been the primary cause of complications since. It's like a new me that I 'm living with, Dahl said. It's almost like your freedom is taken away... I ca n't go grocery shopping by myself because I ca n't lift the milk up and put it in the cart. My kids and my husband -- I could n't ask for a better family, Dahl said. I mean my kids step up and do a lot of the work that I ca n't do or help me do things that I ca n't do. They 're pretty good about saying yea. I do n't know if life will ever be normal like it was before July of '07 and prior, but