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>>> "60 MINUTES" HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO AN ALARMING AMOUNT
OF MILITARY CASUALTIES, NOT IN
COMBAT BUT IN TRAINING, THAT

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INVOLVE ARMORED VEHICLES.
WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT?
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
>> WE FOUND THERE ARE SOLUTIONS.

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BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE IS STUCK
BETWEEN THE PENTAGON AND
CONGRESS.
>> OH, MY GOD.

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>>> THE SAYING HERE GOES YOU'LL
KNOW THE NEWFOUNDLANDERS IN
HEAVEN.
THEY'LL BE THE ONES WHO WANT TO

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GO HOME.
AND THE ADAGE COMES TO LIFE ON
FOGLE ISLAND, A 90-SQUARE-MILE
PATCHWORK OF TEN MINUSCULE

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FISHING VILLAGES WHERE CLAPBOARD
HOUSES THE COLOR OF JELLYBEANS
CLING TO ROCK 400 MILLION YEARS
OLD.

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AMONG ITS QUIRKS, NEWFOUNDLAND
HAS ITS OWN TIME ZONE, HALF AN
HOUR AHEAD OF THE MAINLAND.
BUT WANDER THROUGH FOGLE

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ISLAND'S VILLAGES AND YOU MIGHT
AS WELL SET YOUR WATCH BACK TO
THE 18th CENTURY.
>>> THREE, TWO, ONE.

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>> JACOB SMITH DROPS IN TO THE
BIG CULAR, A NARROW ROCK WALLED
1400-FOOT SHOOT.
THAT DOT IS HIM, MAKING HIS WAY

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TURN BY TURN.
A WRONG MOVE COULD BE KAVTH
CATASTROPHIC.
THE RUN HAS A 50 DEGREE SLOPE,

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WHICH MEANS IF YOU SLID DOWN THE
CULAR THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE YOU
COULD STOP YOURSELF.
WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD SEE THIS

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BECAUSE HE CANNOT.
JACOB IS LEGALLY BLIND.
>>> I'M LESLEY STAHL.
>> I'M BILL WHITAKER.

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>> I'M ANDERSON COOPER.
>> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.
>> I'M JOHN WERTHEIM.
>> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.

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THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60
MINUTES."

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>>> AS A PARENT OR PARTNE OF
SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY, YOU'RE
FAR LIKELIER TO GET THE DREADED
CALL ONLY TO LEARN YOUR LOVED

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ONE WAS KILLED NOT IN COMBAT BUT
IN AN ACCIDENT.
AND AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN
FEBRUARY, FAR TOO MANY OF THE

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ACCIDENTS INVOLVE ARMORED
VEHICLES AND HAPPEN DURING
TRAINING.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CONOR McDOLE, A

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PLATOON LEADER IN THE MARINES,
WAS OUT ON A TRAINING MISSION IN
A LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLE LIKE
THIS AT CAMP PENDLETON,

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CALIFORNIA IN MAY 2019 WHEN HE
HIT AN UNMARKED DITCH COVERED IN
BRUSH.
DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED.

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>> HE CALLED OUT TO HIS MEN,
ROLL OVER, ROLL OVER, ROLL OVER.
PUSHED HIS GUNNER IN THE TURRET
NEXT TO HIM DOWN UNDER THE

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ARMOR.
BUT HE COULDN'T GET HIMSELF DOWN
IN TIME.
AND IT CAREENED INTO THAT DITCH,

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ROLLED OVER AND CRUSHED HIM.
>> Reporter: CONOR WAS SUSAN
FLANIGAN AND MICHAEL McDOLE'S
ONLY CHILD.

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>> AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THIS
WAS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRAIN
LIKE YOU MEAN TO FIGHT.
BUT WHEN WE WENT TO SAN DIEGO TO

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BRING HIM BACK, I HAD A COUPLE
OF IDLE MOMENTS IN THE HOTEL AND
I GOOGLED "ROLLOVER" AND
"MILITARY" AND I DISCOVERED THAT

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AT PENDLETON A MONTH BEFORE A
MARINE RAIDER HAD DIED IN A
ROLLOVER.
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ARMY, ET CETERA, AND SUDDENLY I
SAW A WHOLE SERIES OF DEATHS IN
ROLLOVERS OF MILITARY VEHICLES,
ALL KINDS, HUMVEES, LIGHT

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ARMORED VEHICLES, BRADLEY
FIGHTING VEHICLES.
AND THEN I REALIZED THIS IS NOT
A SINGLE INCIDENT, THIS IS A

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SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.
>> DURING TRAINING?
>> DURING TRAINING.
I CAN ACCEPT PEOPLE DYING IN

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COMBAT.
BUT IF YOU'RE TRAINING IN YOUR
OWN COUNTRY AND YOU'RE DYING
NEEDLESSLY IN PREVENTABLE

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ACCIDENTS, THIS IS A MASSIVE
PROBLEM WHICH HAS TO BE FIXED.
>> Reporter: TO FIX IT McDOLE
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AND WHAT HE UNCOVERED, HE SAYS,
WAS SO SERIOUS AND YET SO
ROUTINELY NEGLECTED THAT IT LED
TO THIS SCATHING REPORT BY THE

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE.
THE GAO FOUND CLOSE TO 4,000 OF
THESE ACCIDENTS IN THE ARMY AND

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MARINE CORPS FROM 2010 TO 2019
RESULTING IN 123 DEATHS, NEARLY
2/3 OF WHICH INVOLVED ROLLOVERS.
AND SHOCKINGLY, MOST OCCURRED IN

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DAYLIGHT ON REGULAR ROADS, EVEN
IN PARKING LOTS.
>> IT'S THE TRAGEDY OF LOW
EXPECTATIONS, THAT IT'S EXPECTED

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PEOPLE WILL DIE IN TRAINING.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY
EXPECT THIS?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

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>> IT'S REGARDED AS THAT'S THE
PRICE OF BEING A SOLDIER OR A
MARINE.
>> IN TRAINING?

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>> YES.
>> THEY --
>> TRAINING IS DANGEROUS, THESE
THINGS HAPPEN.

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>> Reporter: BUT THEY DON'T JUST
HAPPEN.
THE GAO CONCLUDED THERE WAS
OFTEN IMPROPER SUPERVISION.

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THE DRIVERS WERE POORLY TRAINED
AND VEHICLES INADEQUATELY
INSPECTED.
SOME ACCIDENTS INVOLVED MULTIPLE

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FACTORS, AS WAS THE CASE WITH
CHRISTOPHER BOBBY NEM, A NAVY
SAILOR.
THESE ARE SCREAMS OF JOY FROM

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BOBBY'S MOM, NANCY, WHEN HE
SURPRISED HER ONE CHRISTMAS.
A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, IN THE
SUMMER OF 2020, HE AND 15

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MARINES WERE TRAINING OFF CAMP
PENDLETON IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
VEHICLES, OR AAVs LIKE THESE.
GIANT ARMORED VESSELS MARINES

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USED ON BOTH LAND AND SEA.
HIS STEPDAD, PETER VIENNA, SAYS
THE MARINES HAD NO BUSINESS
SENDING OUT THE AAVs USED IN HIS

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SON'S DRILL.
>> THEY'RE 40 YEARS OLD.
AND THEY WERE IN TERRIBLE
CONDITION.

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AND INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR BETTER
CONDITIONS AAVs, WHICH THERE
WERE, THERE WERE PLENTY OF THEM,
THEY HAD GOTTEN THESE -- ALL OF

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THEM THAT WERE IN POOR
CONDITION.
>> SO THEY'RE SITTING IN A
PARKING LOT ON CAMP PENDLETON,

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BAKING IN THE SUN.
THEY'RE DETERIORATING.
>> Reporter: PETER OSTROVSKY'S
SON, JACK RYAN, WAS ALSO ON THAT

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MISSION.
>> A WEEK PRIOR TO THE MISSION
WE WERE SPEAKING ON THE
TELEPHONE AND HE MADE THE

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COMMENT THAT AAVs SINK ALL THE
TIME, THEY'VE CALLED THEM -- AND
HE CALLED IT A FLOATING COFFIN.
>> DO YOU THINK HE WAS WORRIED?

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>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: TWO AAVs BROKE DOWN
AND THEIR SONS' DESIGNATED
VEHICLE SPRUNG AN ENGINE LEAK.

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AND YET THE MISSION WAS NOT
ABORTED.
WHAT WAS THE DRIVE TO GO FORWARD
WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT?

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>> THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP A
SCHEDULE, STAY ON TIME.
>> THE SAFETY OF OUR SONS TOOK A
SECOND PLACE TO COMPLETING A

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TRAINING MISSION.
THIS ISN'T COMBAT.
THIS ISN'T GOT TO DO IT RIGHT
NOW.

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THIS IS TRAINING.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN
ALL-STOP AT MANY POINTS.
>> Reporter: BUT 16 YOUNG MEN

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CROWDED INTO THE AAV, AS SEEN IN
THIS VIDEO THAT ONE OF THE
MARINES SENT HIS DAD.
IT ALMOST IMMEDIAELY STARTED

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TAKING ON WATER.
ANKLE LEVEL, CALF LEVEL, SEAT
LEVEL.
AS ONE BY ONE THE AAV SYSTEMS

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WERE FAILING.
>> THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WAS
DOWN.
THEY WERE IN THE DARK, USING THE

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LIGHTS ON THEIR CELL PHONES TO
TRY TO SEE --
>> WAIT, WAIT, THE LIGHTS DIDN'T
WORK?

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>> THE SAFETY LIGHTING THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION DIDN'T
FUNCTION.
>> WERE THERE LIFEBOATS?

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>> NO.
SO THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO
SAFETY BOATS IN THE WATER.
THEY WENT WITH NONE.

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>> Reporter: THIS IS THE AAV AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
AN UNDERWATER VIDEO WE OBTAINED
THROUGH A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

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REQUEST.
SEVEN MEN MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
NINE DID NOT.
TURNS OUT MOST HAD RECEIVED

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LITTLE OR NO SAFETY TRAINING ON
HOW TO ESCAPE.
>> IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT THAT

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DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THEY WERE TAKING ON WATER FOR 45
MINUTES, YET THEY WERE STILL
FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

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WITH ALL THEIR GEAR STILL ON,
THEIR BODY ARMOR --
>> AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE --
THAT SHOULD HAVE COME OFF.

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>> THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY WERE ALL LOOKING AT EACH
OTHER LIKE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN,
WHAT DO WE DO.

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>> YOU KNOW, THE MARINE CORPS
DID ITS OWN INVESTIGATION AND
THE MARINE CORPS CONCLUDED THAT
THIS -- AND I'M GOING TO USE THE

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DIRECT QUOTE.
WAS PREVENTABLE.
>> THE TOP-DOWN INCOMPETENCE,
THE LACK OF READINESS, REALLY

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THE LACK OF DUTY OF CARE FOR OUR
SONS.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
>> CAN YOU SUE THE MILITARY OR

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THE COMMANDERS FOR WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> THERE'S THE FERRIS DOCTRINE
MAKES THAT IMPOSSIBLE.

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>> Reporter: THE FERRIS DOCTRINE
PREVENTS ANYONE FROM SUING THE
MILITARY FOR ANYTHING THAT
HAPPENS TO SERVICE MEMBERS ON

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THE JOB, NO MATTER HOW
EGREGIOUS.
>> THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME WAS
THESE BOYS WERE NOT PROTECTED.

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I HAVE THIS VISION IN MY HEAD,
NIGHTMARES, OF THE AAV GOING
DOWN.
WHAT WAS HIS LAST WORD?

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>> Reporter: THIS WAS ONE OF THE
WORST TRAINING ACCIDENTS IN
MARINE CORPS HISTORY.
BUT ACCIDENTS KEEP COMING.

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AND THE GAO STATES LESS SERIOUS
ONES ARE LIKELY UNDERREPORTED.
CHRISTIAN AVILA TAVARES, AN ARMY
COMBAT MEDIC, WAS ON A TRAINING

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DRILL IN 2018 WHEN ONE VEHICLE
BROKE DOWN.
SO HIS VEHICLE HAD TO TOW IT.
>> WOW.

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1:30 A.M. MAYBE.
IT'S DARK.
IT'S RAINING.
IT'S MUDDY.

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THE VEHICLE THAT WE WERE TOWING
JUST SLID AND HIT US.
AND SO WE JUST ROLLED OVER.
AND I WAS EXPELLED FROM THE

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VEHICLE, AND THEN THE VEHICLE
JUST LANDED ON TOP OF ME,
PINNING ME DOWN FROM THE WAIST
DOWN.

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>> SO THIS GIANT MONSTER VEHICLE
ROLLS OVER ON TOP OF YOU?
>> YES.
ON TOP OF ME.

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>> Reporter: HIS LEFT LEG HAD TO
BE AMPUTATED ABOVE THE KNEE.
THE RIGHT LEG WAS SO BADLY
DAMAGED HE SPENT THE NEXT TWO

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YEARS IN REHAB LEARNING HOW TO
WALK AGAIN.
>> YOU'RE KILLING IT, BRO.
>> Reporter: AND WE LEARNED

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THERE WAS ANOTHER ROLLOVER
DURING TRAINING AT THAT SAME
PLACE THAT SAME DAY AS AVILA
TAVARES'S.

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THE ARMY TOLD US THERE WERE
FEWER VEHICLE DEATHS LAST YEAR,
SAYING MOST ARE CAUSED BY HUMAN
ERROR AND INEXPERIENCE.

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NEARLY 1 IN 5 ENLISTES JOIN THE
ARMY WITH NO DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THE PENTAGON AND MARINES
DECLINED YOU ARE INTERVIEW

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REQUESTS.
THOUGH THE NEW DEFENSE BUDGET
MANDATES SEVERAL NEW SAFETY
PROVISIONS AND AAVs WILL NO

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LONGER BE USED IN WATER DRILLS.
BUT THERE ARE MORE STEPS THE
MILITARY COULD TAKE THAT THEY
HAVEN'T INVOLVING RELATIVELY

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INEXPENSIVE UPGRADES TO THE
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN MOST
UPGRADES, THE HUMVEE.
THIS TEST FOOTAGE BY EME, A

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SAFETY SYSTEM SUPPLIER, SHOWS
WHAT CAN HAPPEN INSIDE A HUMVEE
IN A ROLLOVER.
BUT WATCH.

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DRIVERS COULD HAVE A BETTER
CHANCE WHEN THEY'RE OUTFITTED
WITH EME'S RESTRAINTS AND AIR
BAGS.

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ONE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY
HUMVEE ACCIDENTS IS NUMBERS.
OVER 100,000 ARE USED BY THE
ARMY ALONE.

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ANOTHER CAUSE IS ENGINEERING.
THEIR HIGH CENTER OF GRAVITY
MAKES THEM PRONE TO FLIP OVER.
AND BECAUSE HUMVEES WERE EASY

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TARGETS FOR IEDs IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN THE MILITARY ADDED
EXTRA ARMOR THAT MADE THEM EVEN
LESS STABLE.

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>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: WE WERE INVITED BY
RICARDO DEFENSE, A SMALL
MILITARY CONTRACTOR, TO SUIT UP

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FOR A DEMO OF HOW UNSTABLE THESE
VEHICLES CAN BE WHILE MAKING
TURNS.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

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>> Reporter: WE WERE GOING LESS
THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TWO YELLOW BARS WERE THERE
TO PREVENT US FROM ACTUALLY

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TIPPING OVER.
>> OH.
OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: MOST HUMVEES DO NOT

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HAVE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES OR
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
THAT PREVENT ROLLOVERS.
BUT EIGHT YEARS AGO RICARDO

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DEVELOPED THEM FOR THE HUMVEE.
RICARDO'S PRESIDENT, CHET
GREISSEN.
>> DO THE SAME THING WITH THE

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SYSTEM ON, PLEASE.
>> HERE IT COMES.
>> Reporter: WITH THE SYSTEM ON
ALL WHEELS REMAIN FIRMLY ON THE

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GROUND.
>> MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
>> Reporter: THE SYSTEM WORKS SO
WELL IT'S NOW MANDATORY IN ALL

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NEW HUMVEES.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HUMVEES ALREADY
IN USE?
WHILE RICARDO CAME UP WITH A

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SAFETY KIT THAT COULD BE
INSTALLED FOR ABOUT $16,000 PER
VEHICLE IN ABOUT 54,000 OF THE
OLDER HUMVEES.

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YOU COULD MAKE TEN OR MORE OLD
VEHICLES SAFER FOR THE PRICE OF
ONE NEW VEHICLE.
AND YET THE DEPARTMENT OF

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DEFENSE IS ASKING FOR A LOT OF
MONEY FOR NEW HUMVEES BUT ONLY A
FRACTION OF WHAT'S NEEDED TO
RETROFIT OLD ONES.

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>> IF THE BUDGET WERE TO BE
APPROVED TODAY AS THE NUMBERS
STAND WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
FUNDING FOR ABOUT 545 VEHICLES.

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>> 545 VEHICLES OUT OF 54,000?
THAT'S IT?
>> THAT'S IT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 1% OF THE FLEET.

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AT THAT RATE IT WILL TAKE 100
YEARS TO GET THE FLEET FIT.
>> A RECENT LETTER TO THE
PENTAGON FROM SEVERAL

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CONGRESSMEN ENDORSES YOUR KIT.
THEY CALCULATED THAT THE
DIFFERENCE IN COST BETWEEN
PUTTING YOUR KIT ON AND BUILDING

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A NEW VEHICLE IS ABOUT $13
BILLION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A NO-BRAINER.
>> YEAH.

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WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO IT?
>> Reporter: CHAIR OF THE ARMED
SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON
READINESS, CONGRESSMAN JOHN

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GARAMENDI, TOLD US THAT CONGRESS
AND THE PENTAGON'S PREFERENCE
FOR NEW OVER UPGRADES IS OFTEN
PREDICATED ON KEEPING DEFENSE

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CONTRACTORS FED.
HAVE YOU MADE ANY MOVE TO SAY
NOBODY SHOULD BE IN A HUMVEE
THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANTI-LOCK

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BRAKES?
>> WE HAVE TRIED AND I HAVE
LOBBIED.
WE WANT TO INCREASE SAFETY IN

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TRAINING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
DYING NEEDLESSLY IN PREVENTABLE
ACCIDENTS.
IT WON'T COST THAT MUCH, BUT

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IT'S GOT TO BE DONE.
AND THAT'S FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO PRESS THEIR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.

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>> Reporter: AFTER WE FIRST
AIRED THIS REPORT CONGRESS
INCREASED THE ARMY'S FUNDING TO
INSTALL THE SAFETY RETROFIT KIT

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FROM $10 MILLION TO OVER 190
MILLION, ENABLING SOME 11,000
HUMVEES TO BE UPGRADED,
SCHEDULING THE WORK TO START

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THIS SUMME
>>> A REMOTE JEWEL OF LAND OFF
THE COAST OF CANADA.
FOGO ISLAND FLOATS IN THE

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NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
NORTHEAST PROVINCE OF
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
THE OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT FINGERTIP

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OF THIS CONTINENT.
THE PLACE MIGHT BE DROP-DEAD
GORGEOUS, BUT IT WASN'T IMMUNE
TO THE FATE BEFALLING SO MANY

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SMALL AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES
IN NORTH AMERICA.
ITS ONE AND ONLY INDUSTRY WENT
INTO STEEP DECLINE, AND SO IN

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TURN DID ITS POPULATION.
THEN ABOUT A DECADE AGO A LOCAL
RETURNED HOME, FRESH OFF MAKING
A FORTUNE IN THE TECH SECTOR.

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HER POCKETS WERE DEEP.
SO WAS HER DESIRE TO LIFT UP THE
PLACE AND BRING PEOPLE BACK.
SO SHE UNLEASHED A SORT OF

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ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT.
AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU LAST FALL,
WE TOOK TWO PLANES, A LONG
DRIVE, AND A FERRY TO REACH FOGO

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ISLAND AND CHECK ON THE EARLY
RESULTS.
THE SAYING HERE GOES YOU'LL KNOW
THE NEWFOUNDLANDERS IN HEAVEN.

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THEY'LL BE THE ONES WHO WANT TO
GO HOME.
AND THE ADAGE COMES TO LIFE ON
FOGO ISLAND, A 90-SQUARE-MILE

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PATCHWORK OF TEN MINUSCULE
FISHING VILLAGES WHERE CLAPBOARD
HOUSES THE COLOR OF JELLYBEANS
CLING TO ROCK 400 MILLION YEARS

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OLD.
AMONG ITS QUIRKS, NEWFOUNDLAND
HAS ITS OWN TIME ZONE.
HALF AN HOUR AHEAD OF THE

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MAINLAND.
BUT WANDER THROUGH FOGO ISLAND'S
VILLAGES AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL
SET YOUR WATCH BACK TO THE 18th

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CENTURY.
BACK THEN ALL YOU NEEDED TO GET
BY HERE WAS A PIG, A POTATO
PATCH, AND SOMETHING CALLED A

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PUNT, A SMALL WOODEN FISHING
BOAT USED IN PURSUIT OF NORTH
ATLANTIC COD.
THE SPECIES THAT ONCE KEPT THIS

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PLACE AFLOAT.
SEEMINGLY EVERY STRUCTURE ON THE
ISLAND WAS BUILT IN SERVICE OF
CATCHING AND PRESERVING FISH.

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WITH ONE GLEAMING EXCEPTION.
A $40 MILLION LUXURY INN.
PART EDGE OF THE EARTH
DESTINATION, PART ECONOMIC

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ENGINE ON STILTS, THE INN IS THE
BRAINCHILD OF EIGHTH GENERATION
FOGO ISLANDER ZETA COBB.
AND LOCALS GAVE HER A FUNNY LOOK

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WHEN SHE FIRST FLOATED THE IDEA.
>> WHAT KIND OF REACTION DID
THAT GET?
>> WHY WOULD ANYONE COME HERE?

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WE LOVE THIS PLACE, BUT IT
WASN'T OBVIOUS WHEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE FANCY PLACES IN THE
WORLD THAT PEOPLE GO.

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OUR ASSUMPTION IS EVERYBODY
WANTS TO GO WHERE IT'S WARM.
>> SOMEONE SUGGESTED TO US IT
LOOKED LIKE A SHIP.

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>> THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INN
WAS OBVIOUSLY A TOPIC OF MUCH
CONVERSATION.
I THINK ABOUT IT AS A METAPHOR.

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IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE FROM HERE AND
PEOPLE FROM AWAY.
IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE
PAST.

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>> Reporter: THE PAST LOOMS
LARGE ON FOGO ISLAND.
TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE INN,
EVEN AS A METAPHOR, YOU HAVE TO

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UNDERSTAND FOGO'S HISTORY.
>> JUST SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: ZETA COBB TOOK US
THROUGH DOZENS OF TINY ISLANDS

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THAT DOT FOGO'S WATERS TO A
PLACE CALLED LITTLE FOGO ISLAND.
AND FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK,
THAT'S AN ISLAND OFF AN ISLAND

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OFF AN ISLAND.
>> THIS IS A SLIP.
>> Reporter: HER ANCESTORS
LANDED HERE FROM IRELAND AND

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SOUTH ENGLAND.
THEY CAME FOR ONE REASON.
>> FISH, FISH, AND FISH.
>> WHEN YOU SAY FISH, IS IT JUST

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A GIVEN?
>> IT'S A GIVEN.
SO YES, WHEN WE SAY FISH, WE
MEAN COD.

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>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXAGGERATE
THE IMPORTANCE OF COD TO THIS
PLACE?
>> NO, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

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BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE FROM HERE
YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT BY JUST
STUDYING THAT LOWLY FISH.

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IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A NOBLE
FISH.
>> A NOBLE FISH?
>> IT ASKS VERY LITTLE AND GIVES

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SO MUCH.
THEY EXIST ON ALMOST ANYTHING.
I MEAN, I THINK A COD COULD EAT
A RUBBER BOOT IF IT HAD TO.

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>> Reporter: NOT UNLIKE THE
NOBLE FISH, ZETA COBB'S FAMILY
SURVIVED WITHOUT MUCH.
IN COD THEY TRUSTED.

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FAMILIES WORKED SIDE BY SIDE
HERE, TRADING THEIR FISH FOR
GOODS.
NO BANK ACCOUNTS, NO CASH.

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COBB'S PARENTS COULD NEITHER
READ NOR WRITE.
SHE AND HER SIX BROTHERS GREW UP
IN A HOUSE WITH NO ELECTRICITY.

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SHE SAYS IT WAS A HAPPY
CHILDHOOD.
UNTIL IT WASN'T.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?

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>> THE WORST OF THE 20th CENTURY
CAME DOWN ON TOP OF US VERY
QUICKLY IN THE FORM OF THE
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE

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FISHERIES.
SO THESE ENORMOUS FACTORY SHIPS
SHOWED UP HERE.
ALL ALONG THE COAST OF

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NEWFOUNDLAND.
AND FISHED DAY AND NIGHT UNTIL
JUST ABOUT EVERY LAST FISH WAS
GONE.

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>> Reporter: WITH ONE SMALL PUNT
LAUNCHED FROM THIS ONE DOCK
COBB'S FATHER COULDN'T COMPETE
WITH COMMERCIAL VESSELS THAT HAD

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COME TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> HOW BAD DID THINGS GET FOR
HIM?

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>> HE WOULD GO OUT AND COME BACK
WITH NOTHING.
ONE DAY IN PARTICULAR HE CAME
BACK WITH ONE FISH.

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AND HE BROUGHT THE FISH INTO THE
HOUSE AND HE SLAPPED IT DOWN
ONTO THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND SAID,
WELL, IT'S DONE.

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AND IT WAS THE NEXT DAY HE
BURNED HIS BOAT.
>> HE BURNED HIS BOAT?
>> HE BURNED HIS BOAT.

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>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SACRIFICE.
>> IT WAS.
HE DID IT AS A STATEMENT.
HE DID IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF

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PAIN AND ANGER.
>> Reporter: LAMBERT COBB MADE
THIS SACRIFICE ONCE HE REALIZED
THAT THOSE BIG BOATS WERE IN HIS

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WORDS TURNING FISH INTO MONEY.
>> HE SAID TO ME AS A
10-YEAR-OLD, YOU HAVE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS MONEY THING

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WORKS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T IT'S
GOING TO EAT EVERYTHING WE LOVE.
>> HE WASN'T WRONG.
AS FISH STOCKS DWINDLED SO DID

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THE ISLAND'S POPULATION.
FROM 5,000 TO 2,500.
THE COBBS LEFT GRUDGINGLY FOR
THE MAINLAND IN THE 1970s.

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Z IMT T
ZITTA COBB'S FATHER DIED SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
BUT SHE HEEDED HIS ADVICE.

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SHE GOT A BUSINESS DEGREE,
WORKED IN FIBEROPTICS, LANDED IN
SILICON VALLEY AND BEFORE LONG
WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST PAID

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FEMALE EXECUTIVE IN AMERICA.
IN HER EARLY 40s SHE CASHED OUT
TENS OF MILLIONS IN STOCK
OPTIONS, DROPPED OUT OF THE

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WINNER TAKE ALL ECONOMY, AND
TOOK HER BUSINESS SAVVY HOME,
DETERMINED TO REVITALIZE FOGO
ISLAND.

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INSTEAD OF WRITING A CHECK, SHE
POSED A QUESTION.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE AND WHAT DO
WE KNOW AND HOW CAN WE PUT THAT

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FORWARD IN A WAY THAT'S
DIGNIFIED FOR FOGO ISLANDERS?
AND CREATES ECONOMY AND CONNECTS
US TO THE WORLD.

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♪
>> Reporter: SPEND ONE NIGHT AT
WHAT THE LOCALS CALL A SHED
PARTY AND THE ANSWER EMERGES.

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♪
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE, IF THERE'S
ONE THING WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT,

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IT'S HOSPITALITY.
>> WHAT DOES HOSPITALITY MEAN
HERE?
>> HOSPITALITY IN ITS PUREST

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FORM IS THE LOVE OF A STRANGER.
WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF
STRANGERS.
AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, AS MY

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MOTHER USED TO I SA, IT'S ALWAYS
BETTER TO SEE A LIGHT COMING
INTO THE HARBOR THAN I ALIGHT
GOING OUT.

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>> Reporter: SO IN 2013 COBB
BUILT THE BIGGEST BEACON IN THE
HARBOR.
SHE MADE THE FOGO ISLAND INN THE

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CENTERPIECE OF A CHARITABLE
TRUST CALLED SHOREFAST, WITH
PROFITS REINVESTED IN THE
ISLAND.

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AT $2,000 A NIGHT THE INN DOES
TURN A PROFIT, BUT THERE WERE
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A

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29-ROOM INN ON AN ISLAND THAT'S
NEVER HAD AN INN, WHAT ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT?
WELL, MORE PEOPLE WILL COME.

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WELL, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE?
AS ONE WOMAN SAID, WELL, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE ONLY 2,500 PEOPLE,
WE CAN ONLY LOVE SO MANY PEOPLE

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AT A TIME.
>> Reporter: SHOREFAST AND THE
INN EMPLOY MORE THAN 300
ISLANDERS.

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BUT THE REAL PAYOFF IS THE
RIPPLE EFFECT.
FOR STARTERS, ALL THE FURNITURE
AT THE INN IS LOCALLY MADE.

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SAME FOR THE PILLOWS AND QUILTS.
IT SO HAPPENS THE WOMEN OF FOGO
ISLAND HAVE BEEN MAKING THEM FOR
THEIR OWN HOMES FOR 400 YEARS.

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>> WE'RE GETTING THERE.
WE'VE GOT HALF DONE.
>> Reporter: WORD IS OUT NOW,
THIS QUILT IS DESTINED FOR A

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CUSTOMER IN BALTIMORE.
WE JOINED THE QUILTING BEE, BUT
DIDN'T LAST LONG.
>> IT WAS ALL VERY NICE EXCEPT

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FOR THIS ONE SQUARE.
>> THIS IS OUR LATEST ROOM.
>> Reporter: SHOREFAST PUTS UP
SEED MONEY FOR NEW BUSINESSES

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TOO.
A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
SO FAR.
>> AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR PLANT

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IN --
>> Reporter: A $7500 MICRO LOAN
WENT TO DWIGHT BUDDEN AND HIS
FATHER, HAYWARD, A FORMER FISHER

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WHO LEFT FOGO ISLAND WHEN THE
INDUSTRY COLLAPSED.
HE'S BACK NOW AS A HYDROPONIC
FARMER, GROWING GREENS FOR THE

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INN.
>> THERE'S OUR KALE.
>> DOES HAYWARD EAT KALE?
>> NOT TOO MUCH.

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>> Reporter: BEYOND THE KALE,
NEW CULTURE IS TAKING ROOT.
FUTURISTIC-LOOKING STUDIOS NOW
SPECKLE THE LANDSCAPE, PART OF

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SHOREFAST'S AMBITION TO BRING
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE TO FOGO.
AND BACK AT THE INN, A CHEF
TURNS COD INTO HAUTE CUISINE.

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>> IF YOUR DAD SAW COD WITH
MAGNOLIA OIL AND SEA FOAM --
>> AND PORCINI.
>> AND PORCINI.

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WHAT WOULD HE SAY?
>> THE FIRST THING HE'D SAY IS
CAN YOU REALLY EAT THAT?
>> YOU CAN DO MORE THAN EAT COD.

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YOU CAN FISH FOR IT AGAIN.
NOW THAT A DECADES-LONG BAN HAS
BEEN EASED, FOGO ISLAND'S
FISHERS ARE BACK HAULING COD.

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WE VENTURED OUT OF FOGO HARBOR
WITH BROTHERS GLENN AND JERRY
BEST.
THE FIFTH GENERATION OF THEIR

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FAMILY TO HARVEST THESE WATERS.
>> YOU GO EAST, YOUR NEXT STOP
IS IRELAND.
>> IRELAND?

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>> WE'RE NOT GOING THERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: THE BEST BROTHERS
SHOWED US THE TRADITIONAL
NEWFOUNDLAND WAY OF FISHING WITH

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A HAND LINE.
150 FEET DOWN, NO RODS, REELS,
OR NETS.
>> NOW WE'RE TALKING.

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>> THAT'S A BEAUTY.
>> Reporter: UP COMES COD,
WITHOUT MUCH OF A FIGHT.
>> THAT'S A NICE COD.

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THAT'S PROBABLY A 20-POUND FISH.
>> Reporter: COD IS MAKING A
COMEBACK IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
CANADA STILL IMPOSES CATCH

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LIMITS.
BUT WHEN THE BESTS GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS THEY USE AN AUTOMATED
SYSTEM TO DROP THOUSANDS OF

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HOOKS IN THE WATER AT A TIME.
WE WATCHED THEM OFF-LOAD 20,000
POUNDS OF COD FROM A SINGLE
TRIP.

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WHAT'S MORP, SHELLFISH HAS DONE
THE UNTHINKABLE AND DETHRONE COD
AS KING.
CRAB AND SHRIMP P NOW MAKE UP

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80% OF GLENN BEST'S BUSINESS.
AND REES NEVER HAD A BETTER
YEAR.
YOU TOLD ME YOU CAUGHT 4,000

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POUNDS OF SNOW CRAB.
AT 7.60 A POUND IT'S -- 3
MILLION BUCKS.
>> YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD YEAR.

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>> Reporter: BUT A THRIVING
FISHERY ISN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
KIDS AROUND.
BEST'S THREE CHILDREN HAVE MOVED

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AWAY FROM FOGO TO PURSUE OTHER
CAREERS.
YOUR FAMILY'S BEEN DOING THIS
FOR GENERATIONS.

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YOU NAMED THIS BOAT AFTER YOUR
DAD.
>> SO THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS
THAT JERRY AND MYSELF, WE

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PROBABLY COULD BE THE LAST
GENERATION THAT WILL FISH WITHIN
OUR FAMILY.
WHEN THE DAY COMES THAT THAT

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HAPPENS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A
SAD DAY.
>> Reporter: STILL, FOGO
ISLAND'S POPULATION HAS

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STABILIZED.
THERE'S HOPE THE NEXT CENSUS
WILL SHOW AN UPTICK.
BABIES ARE THE ISLAND'S BIGGEST

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CELEBRITIES.
BUT AS EVER, WITH GROWTH COME
GROWING PAINS.
IT'S ALREADY BECOME ONE OF THOSE

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ISLANDS WHERE YOU HAVE TO PRAY
TO GET A SPOT ON THE FERRY.
JENNIFER SEXTON SPENT SUMMERS ON
FOGO ISLAND VISITING HER

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GRANDPARENT.
SHE RECENTLY MOVED HERE FROM
WESTERN CANADA TO OPEN THIS
COFFEE JOINT WHERE LOCALS MIX

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WITH THOSE WHO COME FROM AWAY.
>> EVERYBODY ASKS ABOUT THE INN.
>> WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?
>> WELL, IT'S -- IT'S A BLESSING

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AND A CURSE.
>> Reporter: HER REGULARS
GRUMBLE THAT NOT LONG AGO THEY
COULD GET A HOME FOR $25,000

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CANADIAN.
NOW HOMES COST TEN TIMES AS
MUCH.
>> FOR SOMEBODY FROM AWAY THAT

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WOULDN'T BE A LOT.
BUT FOR SOMEBODY FROM HERE THAT
IS A LOT OF MONEY.
>> Reporter: ZITA COBB, THE

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WOMAN WHO TURNED THIS TIDE, SAYS
SHE DOESN'T WANT UNCHECKED
GROWTH EITHER.
>> AS THE ECONOMY GROWS, WE WILL

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BE SMALLER AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE WHOLE ECONOMY.
>> A RARE BUSINESS LEADER THAT
WANTS LESS MARKET SHARE.

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>> WE WANT LESS MARKET SHARE.
EXACTLY.
>> YOU SAID IT WITH A SMILE ON
YOUR FACE.

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BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY HERE.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE

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HUGE BECAUSE AS MY BROTHER SAYS,
YES, OUR PARENTS WILL GET OUT OF
THE GRAVEYARD AND WRING OUR
NECKS IF WE MESS THIS UP.

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>> WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THE
CAPITALIST WHO WOULD SAY WHY ARE
YOU LIMITING YOUR GROWTH?
>> THAT IS THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC

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QUESTION.
BUT I START WITH A DIFFERENT
QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE OPTIMIZING FOR?

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WE ARE OPTIMIING FOR PLACE.
WE'RE OPTIMIZING FOR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE PILLARS OF THIS
COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WON OVER.

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IF COBB'S EXPERIMENT HELPS
DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY, GLENN
BEST SAYS HE'S ALL IN.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE OVERRUN

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BY TOURISM.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS
HERE.
WE'RE NOT THE VENICE OF

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NEWFOUNDLAND, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE NOT OUT OF PATIENCE WITH
PEOPLE YET.
>> Reporter: ON OUR LAST NIGHT

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AT THE SHED PARTY --
♪
-- WE GOT THE FULL SWEEP OF FOGO
ISLAND.

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ITS HOSPITALITY AND ITS
CONTRASTS LAID OUT ON THE TABLE.
COD AND CRAB, YOUNG AND OLD,
WARMTH, WIT, AND THIS.

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♪ DON'T TELL ♪
A TRADITIONAL SONG DELIVERED
WITH A HANDSHAKE.
A KIND OF HOPE THAT COMES

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TEMPERED BY HISTORY.
>> THE UNDOING OF THIS
TRADITIONAL WAY OF MAKING A LIFE
WAS VERY PAINFUL.

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A THING I STILL CARRY WITH
BROKEN HEARTS.
I THINK THAT KIND OF PAIN
DOESN'T GO AWAY.

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>> TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THAT BEEN
REPAIRED BY THE WORK YOU'VE DONE
SINCE YOU'VE COME BACK?
>> I THINK IT ACTUALLY DOES

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HELP.
YOU CAN HEAL A BROKEN HEART.
♪ BE SET ASIDE ♪
♪ WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT ♪

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♪ LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]

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>>> IN THE WORLD OF SKIING THERE
ARE TWO KINDS OF SKIERS --
THOSE WHO LIKE TO STAY ON
GROOMED RUNS AND BE GUIDED

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GENTLY AROUND OBSTACLES AND
THOSE WHO LIKE TO SKI THE WHOLE
MOUNTAIN AND SKI TOWARDS THE
OBSTACLES.

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THAT IS CALLED FREE RIDING.
MANMADE JUMPS, RAILS, AND
HALFPIPES ARE REJECTED IN FAVOR
OF THE DROPS, JAGGED CLIFFS AND

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DEEP CHUTES CREATED BY MOTHER
NATURE.
THE SPORT OF FREE RIDING TOOK
OFF IN THE 1990s AND IS NOW ONE

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OF THE FASTEST-GROWING
DISCIPLINED IN SKIING.
GIVEN THE RISKS INHERENT WITH
THE TERRAIN, IT ATTRACTS SOME OF

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THE BRAVEST AND MOST ADVENTUROUS
SKIERS IN THE WORLD.
BUT AS WE FIRST REPORTED LAST
MARCH, EVEN AMONG THAT GROUP

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15-YEAR-OLD JACOB SMITH STANDS
OUT.
WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT
HE DOES BECAUSE HE CANNOT.

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THIS IS BIG SKY, MONTANA, HOME
TO SOME OF THE STEEPEST AND MOST
CHALLENGING SKI SLOPES IN THE
COUNTRY.

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AND THAT IS JACOB SMITH, WHO IS
BLIND.
THREE YEARS AGO HE WAS JUST 12
YEARS OLD AS HE MADE HIS WAY TO

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THE TOP OF THE 11,000-FOOT-HIGH
LONE PEAK TO SKI DOWN IT.
WATCH THIS.
>> DROPPING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.

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>> Reporter: JACOB DROPS INTO
THE BIG COULOIR, A NARROW
ROCK-WALLED 1400-FOOT CHUTE.
THAT DOT IS HIM, MAKING HIS WAY

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TURN BY TURN.
A WRONG MOVE CAN BE
CATASTROPHIC.
THE RUN HAS A 50 DEGREE SLOPE,

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WHICH MEANS IF YOU SLID DOWN THE
COULOIR THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE
YOU CAN STOP YOURSELF.
>> WHEN YOU'RE STANDING AT THE

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TOP YOU FEEL LIKE IF YOU MOVE
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
>> AND THAT'S THE MOMENT MOST
PEOPLE WOULD SAY YOU KNOW WHAT,

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MAYBE NOT A GOOD IDEA.
>> YEAH, BUT I'M KIND OF JUST
LIKE WELL, I'M ALREADY UP HERE,
SO I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT DOWN

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SOMEHOW.
>> Reporter: HE DID.
AND BECAME THE ONLY LEGALLY
BLIND ATHLETE TO SKI THE

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LEGENDARY RUN.
>> YOU DID IT.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> HISTORY JUST HAS BEEN MADE.

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>> FOREVER.
>> HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU
MADE IT TO THE BOTTOM?
>> EXCITED THAT I DID IT, I

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DIDN'T CRASH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME.
I GUESS WE MADE IT FOUR MORE
TIMES.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> YOU WERE TESTING YOUR LUCK
THAT DAY.
>> YEAH.

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>> WE'VE GOT JACOB SMITH ON
COURSE.
>> Reporter: JACOB IS STILL
TESTING HIS LUCK AND GOOD SENSE.

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WE MET HIM IN JANUARY AT A
JUNIOR REGIONAL FREE RIDE
TOURNAMENT IN BIG SKY.
THAT'S HIM, NOW 15 YEARS OLD,

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COMPETING AGAINST 40 OTHER
TEENAGE DAREDEVILS, ALL OF WHOM
CAN SEE PERFECTLY WELL.
>> COMING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF

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THAT.
FINDING PRETTY GOOD LANDING.
>> Reporter: THIS TIME THE
BACKGROUND FOR ALL THE

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COMPETITORS' SPECTACULAR
EXPERIMENT WITH GRAVITY WAS
ANOTHER TRIPLE DIAMOND CHUTE
APPROPRIATELY NAMED ETM.

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>> DTM STANDS FOR?
>> DON'T TELL MAMA.
>> IT IS AN INSANE RUN.
LIKE A 45 DEGREE SLOPE.

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>> YEAH.
>> DO THE JUDGES GIVE YOU ANY
SLACK FOR BEING BLIND?
>> NO.

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ZERO.
>> DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD?
>> NO, I DON'T.
I WANT TO BE TREATED NORMAL, SO

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I COMPETE WITH OTHER SIGHTED
SKIERS.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT AN
INSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

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WE WORKED WITH HIS DOCTORS AND
OUR GRAPHIC ARTISTS TO SHOW
ROUGHLY WHAT JACOB CAN SEE ON A
RUN.

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HE HAS EXTREME TUNNEL VISION AND
NO DEPTH PERCEPTION ON TOP OF
THAT.
IT'S BLURRY.

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HIS VISUAL ACUITY IS RATED 2800,
FOUR TIMES THE LEVEL OF LEGAL
BLINDNESS.
THINK OF THE BIG E ON THE EYE

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CHART.
HE WOULD NEED IT TO BE BLOWN UP
FOUR TIMES IN ORDER TO SEE IT
FROM 20 FEET AWAY.

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>> FANTASTIC SKI TECHNIQUE.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL
HE'S VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
>> SO HOW DOES JACOB SKI LIKE

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THIS?
HIS FAMILY KEEPS HIM ON COURSE.
>> GO UP WITH YOUR RIGHT SKI
REALLY --

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>> Reporter: ON COMPETITION DAYS
HIS LITTLE BROTHER PRESTON
PATIENTLY HELPS HIM HIKE TO THE
TOP OF THE VENUE.

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IT'S SO HIGH THE LIFTS WON'T
TAKE YOU THERE.
>> FIRST DOWN, DOWN.
PERFECT.

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PERFECT.
KEEP GOING.
>> Reporter: THEN HIS FATHER,
NATHAN, HELPS HIM GET DOWN.

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>> NICE TURNS.
NICE TURNS.
>> Reporter: JACOB HAS A TWO-WAY
RADIO TURNED UP HIGH IN HIS

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POCKET.
HIS DAD IS ON THE OTHER END AT
THE BASE, SOMEHOW CALMLY GUIDING
HIM DOWN.

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>> OKAY, RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
>> IT'S ON ME TO MAKE SURE I

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DON'T LET HIM DOWN, THAT I GET
HIM IN TROUBLE.
I HAVE TO GUIDE HIM THROUGH
NARROW CHUTES OR NOT GO OFF A

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CLIFF.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE HIS EYES.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THERE CAN'T BE A DELAY.

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HE CAN'T SAY, ARE YOU SURE, DAD?
>> NOPE.
>> HAVE YOU EVER MISSED?
HAVE YOU EVER SAID OH GOSH, I

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FORGOT TO HE WILL IT HIM ABOUT
THAT OR I DIDN'T SEE THAT?
>> OH, YEAH.
ALL THE TIME.

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BUT HIS ADAPTATION IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> HOW MUCH DO YOU TRUST HIM?
>> I MEAN, ENOUGH TO TURN RIGHT

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WHEN HE TELLS ME TO DO IT.
>> JACOB'S JUST PUTTING HIS ALL
INTO MY DAD'S VOICE.
IT'S CRAZY.

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SKIING JUST LISTENING TO SOMEONE
TURN THERE, TURN THERE.
>> COULD YOU SKI LIKE THAT?
>> IT'S LIKE CLOSING YOUR EYES

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BASICALLY.
IT WOULD BE SO HARD.
>> Reporter: JACOB'S SIBLINGS
ARE ALL COMPETITIVE SKIERS.

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THAT'S ANDREW, WHO'S 17, DOING A
360.
PRESTON IS 14, AND JULIA IS 12.
DO THE OTHER COMPETITORS KNOW

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THAT HE'S BLIND?
>> SOME DO, BUT THEY ALWAYS LIKE
ANNOUNCE IT OVER THE INTERCOM
THAT LIKE BLIND SKIER JACOB

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COMING DOWN THE HILL.
>> HE IS THE ONLY EVER I HAVE TO
SAY BLIND SKIER.
>> THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE TURNS

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AND LOOKS.
OH, IT'S A MIRACLE.
LOOK AT HIM.
>> WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T

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KNOW?
>> HE'S SUCH A GOOD SKIER FOR
LEGALLY BLIND.
EVERYBODY --

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>> THEY JUST --
>> IF WE TELL ANYBODY THAT HE'S
LEGALLY BLIND THEN NOBODY
BELIEVES US.

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THEY JUST GIVE US A BAD LOOK.
>> Reporter: JACOB WAS BORN WITH
VISION.
SOON AFTER HE LEARNED TO WALK HE

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WAS ON SKIS.
FAMILY VACATIONS WERE SPENT
BOMBING DOWN THE TRAILS IN BIG
SKY WITH HIS FAMILY.

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BUT IT WAS BACK HOME AT THEIR
RANCH IN NORTH DAKOTA THAT AN
UNEXPECTED OBSTACLE CHANGED
JACOB'S LIFE.

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HE STARTED GETTING HEADACHES AND
BEGAN BUMPING INTO THINGS.
HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD.
>> I LIKE RAN INTO A WALL OR

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SOMETHING.
AND MY MOM SAW.
AND IT WAS LIKE TWO DAYS AFTER
WE WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR AND HE

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TOOK ONE LOOK AT MY EYES, LOOKED
AT MY MOM AND THEN JUST ASKED,
LIKE WHICH HOSPITAL DO YOU WANT?
BECAUSE MY OCTIVE NERVE WAS

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BLEEDING.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY SENSE
SOMETHING WAS WRONG THAT DAY?
>> NO.

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>> Reporter: HE WAS FLOWN HERE
TO THE MASONIC CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE
HE HE UNDERWENT AN EMERGENCY

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12-HOUR SURGERY AFTER AN MRI
REVEALED A CANCEROUS BRAIN TUMOR
THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL THAT WAS
CRUSHING HIS OPTIC NERVE.

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>> THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER
SEEN IN MY LIFE.
IT LOOKED LIKE HALF HIS BRAIN
WAS A TUMOR.

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>> SO AT THAT POINT YOU'RE NOT
THINKING I'M WORRIED HE'S GOING
TO LOSE HIS VISION.
YOU'RE THINKING --

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>> I'M LOSING MY CHILD.
>> I'M GOING TO LOSE YOUR CHILD.
>> I'M GOING TO BURY A KID.
>> Reporter: IN THAT FIRST

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SURGERY DOCTORS REMOVED ENOUGH
OF THE TUMOR TO RELIEVE THE
PRESSURE ON JACOB'S OPTIC NERVE,
TO STOP HIS VISION FROM

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CONTINUING TO DETERIORATE.
HERE HE IS LEAVING A MESSAGE FOR
HIS SIBLINGS A FEW DAYS LATER.
>> I MISS YOU ALL.

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A LOT.
I REALLY, REALLY DO.
MY VISION'S GETTING BETTER.
I'M EXCITED.

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>> Reporter: BUT JACOB WOULD
NEED THREE MORE MAJOR BRAIN
SURGERIES OVER THE NEXT THREE
YEARS, ALL BEFORE HE WAS 12

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YEARS OLD.
>> YOUR HEAD FEELS OKAY?
>> Reporter: EACH TIME WITH AN
EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION.

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>> DID YOU EVER GET DOWN ABOUT
IT?
>> LIKE I DID, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME I JUST PRAYED A LOT.

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>> WHEN YOU WERE PRAYING ABOUT
IT, WERE YOU PRAYING THIS WILL
BE OVER?
WERE YOU PRAYING I WANT TO GET

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MY VISION BACK?
OR WERE YOU PRAYING TO STAY
ALIVE?
>> THAT I'LL STAY ALIVE AND THAT

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I'LL GET THROUGH IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: FINALLY, IN 2017, A
COURT OF RADIATION ERADICATED

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THE CANCER AND JACOB GOT A CLEAN
SCAN.
BUT HIS DOCTORS SAID THE
RADIATION INCREASED HIS LIFETIME

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RISK OF ANOTHER BRAIN TUMOR BY
UP TO 30%.
>> RIGHT NOW THE TUMOR THAT WE
ORIGINALLY TARGETED IS GONE.

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SO FAR SO GOOD.
>> IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU'VE
EXHALED.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU EVER

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EXHALE.
>> BECAUSE?
>> BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THE
WHAT IF.

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WHEN YOU GET PUT INTO THAT
SITUATION THAT YOU NEVER FELT
YOU EVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN OR
EXPECTED, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE

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EVER GOING TO EXHALE AND GO
WE'RE DONE.
>> WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO RETURN
TO SKIING?

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>> WELL, MY DAD'S.
>> TURN AND GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.
>> SO WE CAME OUT HERE AND WE
KIND OF JUST TRIED IT OUT.

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EVERYWHERE I WENT SKIING FOR
PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO
WAS WITH EITHER MY DAD OR A
COACH.

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>> YOU'VE TAUGHT YOUR KIDS TO
SKI BUT YOU'VE NEVER TAUGHT A
BLIND CHILD TO SKI.
>> NO.

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>> SO YOU DID NOT KNOW WHAT YOU
WERE DOING.
>> NO.
>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THOSE EARLY

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DAYS.
>> WELL, AT FIRST EVERYONE SAID
GET A ROPE AND A SIGN AND HE'S
GOING TO BE A BLIND SKIER AND

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YOU'RE GOING TO GUIDE HIM.
I'M LIKE NOPE, THAT'S NOT AN
OPTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT
THAT WAY.

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>> BECAUSE WHY?
>> BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO LET
THAT DEFINE HIM.
>> Reporter: FATHER AND SON

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ADMIT THEY'RE TRYING TO CARVE
THEIR OWN PATH, SORT OF FIGURING
IT OUT AS THEY GO.
JACOB SAYS HE'S LEARNED TO

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LISTEN FOR DANGER.
OTHER SKIERS, THE CHURNING OF A
LIFT, OR ICY CONDITIONS UNDER
FOOT.

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AND HE SAYS HE REMEMBERS MANY OF
THE RUNS FROM WHEN HE COULD SEE.
CAN YOU FEEL YOUR WAY DOWN A RUN
YOU DIDN'T GO ON BEFORE YOU LOST

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YOUR VISION?
>> I MEAN, YEAH, I CAN.
AND I'VE DONE IT.
>> AND HOW DOES IT WORK OUT?

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>> IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
AND SOMETIMES TAKES ME A LITTLE
MINUTE.
>> THAT'S GOT TO BE TERRIFYING.

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>> YOU GET USED TO IT.
>> HOW MANY CRASHES WERE THERE
IN THOSE EARLY DAYS?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY I CAN COUNT

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THAT HIGH.
>> Reporter: WHEN JACOB WAS 10
HE SHATTERED HIS FEMUR IN 60
PLACES WHEN HE SKIED INTO A

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TREE.
>> ARE YOU NOT NERVOUS THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT, THAT HE

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COULD DIE DOING THIS?
>> IT'S NOT THE WAY I LIKE
ENVISION LIFE.
I DON'T LOOK FOR THE REASONS NOT

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TO DO THINGS.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM IN
SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT GOING
THROUGH FIRST, THAT THE

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CONSEQUENCES OF FALLING ARE NOT
GOING TO BE LIFE-THREATENING.
>> WHAT ARE YOU FEARFUL OF?
>> THE ONLY BIG FEAR I HAVE IS

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NOT SUCCEEDING.
>> YOU'RE MORE AFRAID OF NOT
SUCCEEDING THAN YOU ARE OF
GETTING HURT?

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>> YES.
>> WHY IS THAT?
>> BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY LOST MY
VISION.

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SO A COUPLE BROKEN BONES AND A
COUPLE MORE MISHAPS I GUESS
ISN'T A BIG DEAL TO ME AT ALL.
>> Reporter: CLEARLY HE'S

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FEARLESS.
AS A PARENT ARE YOU NOT FEARFUL?
>> HE'S NOT RECKLESS.
HE KNOWS HIS LIMITATIONS.

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I THINK HE HAS THE ABILITY TO
SKI ANYTHING ON THE MOUNTAIN,
BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO GO TRY TO
DO IT BY HIMSELF.

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LIKE HE WANTS TO BE WITH
SOMEBODY HE WANTS TO TRUST.
HE WON'T SKI WITH PEOPLE HE
DOESN'T TRUST.

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>> Reporter: NATHAN SAID JACOB
IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT SKIING AND
COMPETING ON LOW VISIBILITY
DAYS, WHEN HE CAN SEE EVEN LESS

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THAN USUAL.
STILL, HE FINDS A WAY OF KEEPING
UP WITH HIS SIBLINGS.
THEY ARE AN ENVIABLE PACK ON THE

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MOUNTAIN.
DO YOU SEE HIM BEING LIKE SUPER
PLUGGED INTO EVERYTHING ELSE,
RIGHT?

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TO THE SOUNDS.
HE WAS SAYING HE HEARS THE LIFT,
THE SNOW.
>> YEAH.

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>> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> HIS HEARING IS VERY LIKE --
HE CHOOSES WHAT HE WANTS TO
HEAR.

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SO --
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> THERE'S TIMES AT HOME WHERE
HE'LL BE LIKE -- YOU COULD SAY

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HIS NAME A THOUSAND TIMES AND
HE'LL PRETEND LIKE HE DIDN'T
HEAR ONE WORD.
BUT THEN SKIING IT'S LIKE YOU

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COULD LIKE FLICK AND HE'LL JUST
TURN, YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter: ON COMPETITION DAY
JACOB SUITS UP AND SENDS IT.

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>> DROP IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> Reporter: FINISHING 19th OUT
OF 41 COMPETITORS.
FOR JACOB SUCCESS ISN'T ABOUT

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THE TROPHY.
IT'S ABOUT FREEDOM.
SHOWING OTHERS HOW TO NEGOTIATE
OBSTACLES EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T

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SEE THEM COMING.
>> COMING TO THE FINISH LINE.
THERE YOU GO.
>> HONESTLY, NO MATTER WHAT GETS

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THROWN IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT
KIND OF COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND
STRIKES YOU, TAKES YOU OFF GUARD
A LITTLE BIT, THERE IS ALWAYS A

360
00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:54,678
WAY TO CONQUER IT, TO ADAPT, TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND STILL DO WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.

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>> MORE ON TONIGHT'S STORIES
INCLUDING FROM THE "60 MINUTES"
TEAM'S TRIP TO FOGO ISLAND AT
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