>>> TONIGHT NEW REPORTING FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER WHERE THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING HAS PLUMMETED BUT THE RUSH LAST WEEK IS NOW STRAINING CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. MIGRANTS ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS IN EL PASO THE BATTLES IN NORTHERN CITIES AS HOTELS ARE TURNED INTO SHELTERS AND WHY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND WILL TAKE TOMORROW TOWARD A POTENTIAL RUN FOR PRESIDENT. >>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEMANDING WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAFETY RECALLS EVER IT COULD AFFECT THE AIR BAG TECHNOLOGY IN HOW HIS TEAM IS NOW RESPONDING >>> SURVIVOR STORY A 13-YEAR-OLD FIGHTS OFF A SHARK AT A FLORIDA BEACH. SHE TELLS US HOW SHE SURVIVED >> I JUST REMEMBER SEEING ITS HEAD COME UP AND BITE ME IN THE STOMACH. >>> DRIVERLESS CAR CHAOS. IN ONE MAJOR CITY CARS BLOCKING BUSES, DRIVING INTO CONSTRUCTION ZONES IS THIS THE FUTURE OF GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC >>> ON THIS MOTHER'S DAY THE TEEN ATHLETES GIVING THANKS TO THEIR BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW >>> GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WE'LL MARK THAT A LITTLE LATER >>> FIRST, A REALITY CHECK ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER. WHILE THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS ARE STILL COMING ACROSS EACH DAY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAS DRAMATICALLY DROPPED. ABOUT 11,000 MIGRANTS WERE APPREHENDED ON WEDNESDAY. ON SATURDAY JUST 4,400. IT APPEARS THERE WAS A RUSH TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE BORDER BEFORE U.S. POLICY CHANGED ON THURSDAY NIGHT THAT IS WHEN THE COVID ERA TITLE 42 ENDED IT MADE IT EASIER TO EXPEL MIGRANTS FOR HEALTH REASONS THE APPARENT REASON FOR THE EARLY RUSH, THE U.S. OUTLINED TOUGHER APPLICATION PROCEDURES THAT WOULD COME AFTER THE THURSDAY CHANGE. WELL, NOW AS THOSE WHO HAVE ENTERED THE U.S. MAKE THEIR WAY TO CITIES FURTHER NORTH, SOME ARE DECLARING STATES OF EMERGENCIES TO DEAL WITH THE INFLUX WE BEGIN AT THE BORDER TONIGHT WITH GEORGE SOLIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TALES OF PAIN AND SUFFERING ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER SHE SAID THE JOURNEY WAS PARTICULARLY HARD FOR HER 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO ENDED UP WITH AN INFECTION. MIGRANTS LINING THE STREETS OF BORDER TOWNS LIKE HERE IN EL PASO IT'S WHERE WE MEET EVELYN AND FRANKLIN, WHO MADE THE PERILOU THREE-MONTH JOURNEY TO THE U.S. FROM PERU SHE SAYS IN NICARAGUA THEY WERE KIDNAPPED AND THREATENED AND STILL IT PALED IN COMPARISON TO THE TRAUMA SHE SAYS SHE FELT WHEN SEPARATED FROM HER 4-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON AT THE BORDER >> THEY TOOK THE CHILD AND TOLD US HE WOULD BE REMANDED INTO STATE CUSTODY HE SAYS. NOW LEFT WAITING TO SEE IF THEY'LL BE REUNITED SINCE TITLE 42 WAS LIFTED ON THURSDAY, BORDER CROSSINGS HAVE DRAMATICALLY DECREASED. LARGELY BECAUSE OF STRICTER MIGRATION POLICIES BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION >> NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN PLANNING BUT EXECUTING ON THOSE PLANS. >> Reporter: MIGRANTS MUST FIRST SECURE AN APPOINTMENT ON AN APP. BEFORE ENTRY THOSE THAT CROSS ILLEGALLY COULD BE BARRED FROM SEEKING ASYLUM FOR FIVE YEARS. AS THEY ARE SHIPPED NORTH A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS BREWING IN SANCTUARY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN NEW YORK, THE HISTORIC ROOSEVELT HOTEL IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO AN ASYLUM SEEKER ARRIVAL CENTER. >> WE'VE REACHED A BREAKING POINT WE NEED HELP >> Reporter: IN CHICAGO WAREHOUSES ARE PREPARING TO HOUSE MIGRANTS IN DENVER, THIS PARKING LOT SERVED AS A MAKESHIFT SHELTER. BELLS RINGING AND FLOWERS BEING GIVEN OUT ON THE BORDER TODAY, A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE MOTHERS. THIS 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO HER SON JUST 15 DAYS AGO. >> AT ONE POINT SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD LOST HER BABY WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON THE JOURNEY. AS THIS MOTHER IS LEFT WONDERING WHY HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON DIED IN U.S. IMMIGRATION CUSTODY EARLIER THIS WEEK HE WAS HEALTHY AND DOING WELL, SHE SAYS FAMILIES IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE NOW CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF POLICY AND POLITICS >> GEORGE JOINS US NOW FROM THE BORDER CITY OF EL PASO GEORGE, WHAT ARE MIGRANTS THERE SAYING ABOUT THAT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION APP THAT IS NOW REQUIRED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY >> YEAH, KATE, DESPITE AN OVERHAUL OF THE APP MANY MIGRANTS SAY IT IS SIMPLY NOT WORKING FOR THEM CITING ISSUES WITH THE INTERFACE, MANY SAYING THEY HAVE TO SIMPLY TRY AGAIN OR RISK ENTERING THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING IMPROVING SCHEDULING AVAILABILITY ROOM FOR SOMEONR THAN MR. TRUMP, KATE. >> ALLIE, THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE WATCHING AN HISTORIC ELECTION IN TURKEY, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A NAIL BITER WITH THE COUNTRY'S LONG TIME LEADER HOPING TO HOLD ON AFTER TWO DECADES IN POWER THIS ELECTION BEING SEEN AS A MAJOR TEST OF DEMOCRACY FOR A CRITICAL U.S. ALLY WITH HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION RAF SANCHEZ HAS THE LATEST. RAF? >> Reporter: KATE, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR OFFICIAL RESULTS, BUT TURKISH STATE MEDIA SAID NEITHER PRESIDENT ERDOGAN NOR HIS CHALLENGER HAS WON MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ELECTION IS HEADING FOR A RUN-OFF IN TWO WEEKS' TIME IT IS HARD TO OVERSTATE THE STAKES HERE ERDOGAN HAS BEEN IN POWER SINCE 2003, BUT HE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN AND SO MANY TURKS SEE THIS ELECTION AS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO REVIVE DEMOCRACY. TURKEY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REST OF NATO HAS ALSO BEEN STRAINED UNDER ERDOGAN. HE HAS LASHED OUT AT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND REFUSED TO JOIN IN WESTERN SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA HIS CHALLENGER SAYS IF HE IS ELECTED HE WILL RESTORE DEMOCRACY INSIDE TURKEY AND REPAIR THE COUNTRY'S FRAYED TIES WITH THE WEST KATE >> ALL RIGHT RAF SANCHEZ, THANK YOU. >>> BACK IN THIS COUNTRY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS DEMANDING WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAFETY RECALLS EVER. THIS ONE ASSOCIATED WITH AIR BAGS IN CARS. BUT THE COMPANY INVOLVED IS RESISTING TAKING ACTION. EMILIE IKEDA HAS THE DETAILS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE AFFECTED. >> Reporter: U.S. AUTO SAFETY REGULATORS ARE PUMPING THE BRAKES TONIGHT ON POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AIR BAG INFLATERS. IN A NEW LETTER THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OR NHTSA DEMANDED MANUFACTURER ARC AUTOMOTIVE TO RECALL 67 MILLION INFLATERS THEY SAY POSE AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF DEATH OR INJURY AND COULD RUPTURE AND PROJECT METAL FRAGMENTS. >> THE AIR BAG HAS TO DEPLOY VERY, VERY QUICKLY, REALLY, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. IF THERE IS EXTRA METAL IN, THAT METAL, AS OPPOSED TO CLOTH COMES OUT AND IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUNCTURE PEOPLE IN THE NECK AND FACE >> Reporter: NHTSA ACKNOWLEDGES WHILE INCIDENTS ARE RARE THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAVE BEEN SEVERE INCLUDING A DRIVER'S DEATH IN MICHIGAN IN 2021 A POTENTIAL LEGAL BATTLE IS BREWING WITH ARC REFUSING TO RECALL SUCH A SWEEPING NUMBER OF INFLATERS MANUFACTURED BEFORE 2018 67 MILLION INFLATERS PUT THAT NUMBER INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR ME. >> THERE ARE 284 MILLION VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT IS A HUGE IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE VEHICLE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. IF THIS IS A RECALL, OF 67 MILLION AIR BAG INFLATERS, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER IN THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: ARC ARGUES JUST SEVEN INCIDENTS IN THE U.S. OVER A DECADE AND A HALF DO NOT SUPPORT A FINDING A SYSTEMIC AND PREVALENT DEFECT EXISTS ACROSS THIS POPULATION THE AIR BAG INFLATERS ARE USED BY AT LEAST A DOZEN AUTO MAKERS INCLUDING GENERAL MOTORS, WHICH JUST ANNOUNCED IT IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING NEARLY ONE MILLION VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ARC INFLATERS INCLUDING CERTAIN CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, GMC ACADIA, AND BUICK ENCLAVE MODELS, A STEP THEY SAY IS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AS FOR FEDERAL REGULATORS AND ARC INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY IF A STANDOFF DRAGS ON, NHTSA COUL TAKE THE TENNESSEE BASED COMPANY TO COURT AND TRY TO FORCE A RECALL. >> HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT IF THEY ARE IMPACTED BY ALL THIS >> TYPICALLY CUSTOMERS WILL BE NOTIFIED THROUGH THE MAIL THEY CAN ALSO PLUG IN THE VIN NUMBER TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY WEBSITE TO CHECK IF THERE ARE ANY REALS. JUST REMEMBER, AN OFFICIAL RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE INFLATERS. SO IT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MONTHS TO COME >>> IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK TODAY, THEY MARKED ONE YEAR SINCE TEN PEOPLE DIED IN A RACIST ATTACK AT A GROCERY STORE. THE VICTIMS WERE ALL BLACK. THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY FOLLOWED BY CHURCH BELLS TO HONOR THOSE LOST THE GUNMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES AND WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.E THIS NARRATIVE, THAT NARRATIVE THAT GOT PAINTED OVER ME. >> AARON GILCHREST, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK >>> STILL AHEAD TONIGHT A 13-YEAR-OLD SURVIVES A SHARK ATTACK AND TELLS US HOW SHE FOUGHT BACK. >>> PLUS CHAOS ON THE ROADS OF ONE MAJOR CITY AS SELF-DRIVING CARS HIT THE STREETS AND BRING GRIDLOCK WITH THEM. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH A DRAMATIC STORY DOWN IN FLORIDA WHERE A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS ON THE MEND AFTER SHE SURVIVED A SHARK ATTACK AND IS SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT. MARISSA PARRA HAS OUR STORY. >> Reporter: IN THE WATERS WHERE SHE FEELS MOST AT HOME -- >> IT WAS LIKE RIGHT THERE. RIGHT IN THE WHITE WATER. >> Reporter: ELLA REED WAS REMINDED SHE'S NOT ALONE. >> ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO WE'VE SEEN SHARKS BUT THEY KIND OF JUST STAY AWAY FROM US AND WE STAY AWAY FROM THEM. >> Reporter: BUT NOT THIS TIME. LEANING ON CRUTCHES IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA THE 13-YEAR-OLD SHOWS US HER BATTLE WOUNDS >> I JUST REMEMBER SEEING ITS HEAD COME UP AND BITE ME IN THE STOMACH. >> Reporter: THE BEACH LOVER HAD BEEN WITH A FRIEND DOING WHAT SHE DOES ALMOST EVERY DAY. >> JUST SWIMMING AROUND, TALKING. >> Reporter: WITHIN SECONDS A CASUAL SWIM BECAME A BLOODY ATTACK. >> WHEN IT LATCHED ON TO MY STOMACH, NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE AT ALL, I HIT IT WITH MY OTHER HAND, ITS NOSE OR FACE AND ACCIDENTALLY SLID MY FINGER IN ITS MOUTH. >> Reporter: FACED WITH A FEISTY BULL SHARK. >> SHE FOUGHT BACK >> ALL I WAS THINKING OF WAS DOING AND HITTING IT AND GETTING IT AWAY FROM ME AS QUICK AS I COULD ( >> Reporter: SHE RAN OUT OF THE WATER AND STRAIGHT HOME TO MOM. >> SHE WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD I WRAPPED HER AND THREW HER IN MY CAR. >> Reporter: SHE WAS COVERED IN BITE MARKS ACROSS HER STOMACH, ARM, AND LEG. >> THE DOCTOR IS LIKE, YOUNG LADY IF YOU DIDN'T PUSH THIS THING AWAY HALF YOUR STOMACH WOULD BE GONE. >> Reporter: ELLA NOW SPORTS 19 STITCHES, A REMINDER OF THE LIFE SHE AND HER MOTHER ARE STILL GRATEFUL SHE HAS. >> AND IT IS MOTHER'S DAY AND THANK GOD I HAVE BOTH MY KIDS WITH ALL THEIR LIMBS. >> Reporter: FOR ELLA WHO ONE DAY WANTS TO BECOME A MARINE BIOLOGIST, A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE WON'T KEEP HER FROM HER DREAM >> I'LL KEEP COMING BACK AFTER THE STITCHES COME OUT. >> MARISSA PARRA, NBC NEWS >> WOW WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THE SURVIVOR TOMORROW ON "TODAY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK DANGEROUS CLOSE CALLS IN ONE CITY WHERE SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE MAKING TRAFFIC WORSE AND THE HEART WARMING WAY TEENS IN ONE COMMUNITY ARE SAYING THANKS, MOM. >>> NOW TO OUR SERIES FUTURE OF THE ROAD WE OFTEN IMAGINE THAT FUTURE BEING DOMINATED BY DRIVERLESS CARS, COMPUTERS, NAVIGATING VEHICLES SEAMLESSLY THROUGH TRAFFIC RIGHT? BUT DRIVERLESS CARS ARE ALREADY A REALITY IN ONE MAJOR CITY. IT IS ANYTHING BUT SEAMLESS JACOB WARD HAS A CLOSER LOOK. >> Reporter: A CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BLOCKING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ANOTHER GETTING VERY CLOSE TO A CITY BUS THIS ONE SEEMINGLY CONFUSED BY ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND FROZEN IN ITS TRACKS >> IT FINALLY STOPPED RIGHT BEFORE FALLING INTO A HOLE. >> Reporter: SOME ROBOT DRIVERS IN TRAINING DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE LEARNED ALL THE RULES OF THE ROAD >> I AM SEEING AT LEAST ONE INCIDENT A DAY NOW WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. >> Reporter: FOR YEARS THE CITY BY THE BAY HAS SERVED AS THE TESTING GROUND FOR A FLEET OF ROBO TAXIES FROM GOOGLE'S WAYMO AND GM'S CRUISE. DRIVERLESS CARS YOU HAIL WITH A TOUCH OF A BUTTON BUT WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, THEY ARE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE AND POSING REAL ROADBLOCKS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS >> THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CAME AND BLOCKED THEM >> Reporter: FIRE CHIEF JANINE NICHOLSON SAYS WITHOUT A DRIVER THEY OFTEN MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE AROUND FIRE TRUCKS. >> THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND TURN EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON ANY TIME THEY SEE FLASHING LIGHTS. >> Reporter: WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON A ROLL-OUT LIKE THIS, IF THEY CAN'T GET TO A FIRE IN TIME, EVERY MINUTE THAT GOES BY, THE FIRE CAN DOUBLE IN SIZE FIREFIGHTERS DESCRIBE DRIVERLESS CARS ROLLING INTO FIRE SCENES, RUNNING OVER HOSES, EVEN HAVING TO BREAK WIND SHIELDS TO STOP A VEHICLE. >> THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME. >> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS 911 CALLS ABOUT ROBOT CARS HAVE TRIPLED IN THE LAST YEAR. HERE'S THE THING >> WE HAVE NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER THEM WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH IT IS YOUR CITY BEING AFFECTED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S OUR CITY AND OUR STREETS, BUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS PREEMPTED MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES UNLIKE TAXIES OR SCOOTERS. >> Reporter: HE HAS FILED PROTESTS WITH STATE OFFICIALS AND SAYS UNLIKE OTHER INDUSTRIES ROBOT CAR COMPANIES SHARE ONLY LIMITED DATA CRUISE DID NOT RESPOND TO INTERVIEW REQUESTS BUT WEMO SAYS ROBO DRIVERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BEING SAFER THAN HUMANS. MORE THAN 42,000 AMERICANS DIED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR. >> WE HAVE VERY INFREQUENT EVENTS THAT OCCUR, BUT THEY DO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION >> Reporter: THEY SAY THREE 911 CALLS A DAY ABOUT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THAT DOESN'T SOUND INFREQUENT I HAVE TO SAY. >> WHAT I MEAN IS RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE DRIVE AND RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE CONTACTS THAT WE FACE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. >> Reporter: WEMO' CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER SAYS EVERY MILE OF THE MILLIONS DRIVEN IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA TEACHES THE WHOLE FLEET NEW SKILLS AND THE COMPANY IS EXPANDING SERVICE HERE L.A. IS NEXT >> WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RIDES 10X BY NEXT SUMMER >> Reporter: TENFOLD EXPANSION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN SAN FRANCISCO WOULD HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON CONGESTION. >> IT WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS TO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE TIME. >> Reporter: IT MIGHT EVEN CAUSE A THREAT TO SAFETY TO HEAR YOU TELL IT. >> YES >> Reporter: JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE MOTHER'S DAY TRIBUTES BRINGING THESE MOMS TO TEARS. >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ON THIS MOTHER'S DAY EVERY MOM KNOWS THEY ARE NOT JUST SIGNING THEIR KID UP TO PLAY A SPORT. THEY ARE SIGNING THEMSELVES UP AS WELL FROM EARLY MORNING PRACTICES TO LONG DRIVES TO AWAY GAMES THAT CAN OFTEN FEEL KIND OF THANKLESS. NOT ALWAYS >> DEAR MOM. >> DEAR MOM. >> SO I WROTE YOU A LETTER FOR MOTHER'S DAY. >> Reporter: ON NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND THIS MOTHER'S DAY -- >> MOM, WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR YOU. >> YOU HAVE MADE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES FOR ME. >> YOU SUPPORTED ME AND BELIEVED IN ME. >> Reporter: STUDENT ATHLETES SHARING NOTES OF GRATITUDE. >> THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR US CAN'T BE CONTAINED TO WORDS >> I APPRECIATE HER FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE >> YOU MADE ME INTO THE PERSON AND ATHLETE I AM TODAY. >> Reporter: IT IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION FOR "NEWSDAY" THE LOCAL PAPER WHICH PUBLISHES THE LETTERS. >> I GOT TO GO GRAB SOMETHING. >> Reporter: SENIOR SHORT STOP PAUL NAPOLITANO'S MOM LISA HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT >> THIS IS A LETTER THAT I WROTE SO DEAR MOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD PUT 18 YEARS OF UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT INTO JUST ONE LETTER THE COUNTLESS HOURS YOU HAVE SPENT TAKING ME TO PRACTICES AND GAMES OVER THE YEARS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANYONE CRAZY THE TIME SPENT ON THE ROAD WITH YOU WATCHING MOVIES AND EATING ICE CREAM IN OUR HOTEL ROOM ARE SOME OF THE HAPPIEST MEMORIES I WILL EVER HAVE THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE WITH ME AND SUPPORTING MY DREAMS I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU, MOM. >> YOU DID THAT BY YOURSELF. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: JUNIOR WRESTLING STATE CHAMP AND DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SEBASTIAN REGIS GREW UP TRAINING WITH HIS MOM, MELISSA >> MOM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU YOU ARE MY HERO. I LOVE YOU >> YOU'RE THE GREATEST I'M ALWAYS YOUR BIGGEST FAN. THERE IS NEVER A TIME I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN YOUR CORNER. >> Reporter: THESE TEENS MAKING CLEAR THEY KNOW THEIR SUCCESS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT. >> SINCE THE DAY I CAME INTO YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE MADE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES FOR ME YOU ALWAYS PUT ME FIRST AND I AM CONSTANTLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> THROUGH ENDLESS HOURS SPENT DRIVING ME TO GAMES AND PRACTICES AND ATTENDING COUNTLESS GAMES IN THE STANDS. >> Reporter: FOR THE MOMS HEARING THE WORDS OUT LOUD WAS OVERWHELMING. >> IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL SURPRISE THERE ARE THINGS IN LIFE THAT ARE TRULY GIFTS. THIS WAS ONE OF THEM. >> I'M OVERWHELMED I'M HUMBLED BY IT. >> IT MAKES ME FEEL APPRECIATED. >> Reporter: FOR THE TEENS, A CHANCE TO DO WHAT FEW OF US DO ENOUGH OF. TELL OUR MOM THANKS. >> EVERY GAME, EVERY EVENT, EVERY MOMENT YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME >> MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR THAT UNDYING LOVE THAT HAS BEEN YOUR HALLMARK THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY >> THANK YOU, KATY. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> YOU INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY AND I HOPE TO GROW UP TO BE JUST LIKE YOU I LOVE YOU, MOM. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY >> I LOVE YOU. >> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. >> I LOVE YOU. >> GOOD LUCK TODAY >> THANK YOU, MOM. AND ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY IF YOU WANT TO READ ALL OF THOSE LETTERS BY THE WAY, THEY ARE AT NEWSDAY.COM THAT IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SUNDAY, MOTHER'S DAY LESTER HOLT WILL BE WITH YOU TOMORROW. I'M KATE SNOW. FOR ALL OF US HERE AT NBC NEWS, STAY SAFE, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT
