>>> EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AMERICAN KIDS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A CRISIS. RISING RATES OF SUICIDE,
SELF-HARM, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. >> YOUR GENERATION GOT HIT WITH THIS IN WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A
FUN, CAREFREE TIME. WHAT WAS LOST? WHAT DID YOU GUYS LOSE DURING THE PANDEMIC?
>> MYSELF. >> YOURSELF. >> YEAH. >>> THIS WE'RE SAVING.
YOU CAN SEE -- >> WE AMERICANS SPEND 90% OF OUR TIME INSIDE BUILDINGS. WELL, WE FOUND A GROUP OF YOUNG
ARCHITECTS WHO HAVE SET OUT TO CREATE A NEW MODEL OF ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE, ONE THAT IS BOTH
BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD AND USE THEM. INSPIRATION THEY SAY THEY GOT IN AFRICA AND HAVE NOW BROUGHT
HOME. >> WHAT YOU WERE DOING IN RWANDA YOU WERE ALSO DOING IN HAITI, MALAWI, AND POUGHKEEPSIE?
>>> IF IT'S NOT THE LEAST GLAMOROUS JOB IN THE NFL, IT MAY BE THE MOST STRESSFUL. WE SPEAK OF THE KICKER.
THEY'RE NOT THE BIGGEST OR BEST ATHLETES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. BUT THEY SCORE ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL POINTS.
SO WITH THE NFL SEASON ON OUR DOORSTEP WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET INSIDE THE QUIRKY MINDS OF THE GUYS WHO
BOOT THE BALL END OVER END WITH TIME RUNNING OUT UP AND OVER THE BAR. >> IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING JUST
LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING, ARE YOU EVEN REALLY LIVING? >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER.
>> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.
THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES."
>>> THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL HAS CALLED IT AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. A DEVASTATING DECLINE IN THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE RATES OF SUICIDE, SELF-HARM, ANXIETY,
AND DEPRESSION ARE UP AMONG ADOLESCENTS, A TREND THAT BEGAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOU TO
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A COMMUNITY TRYING TO HELP ITS KIDS NAVIGATE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN MAY, WISCONSIN HAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST INCREASE OF ADOLESCENT SELF-HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE
COUNTRY WITH RATES NEARLY DOUBLING SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE DOCTORS LIKE MICHELLE PICKETT ARE SEEING MORE KIDS DESPERATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH HELP.
>> WE UNFORTUNATELY SEE A LOT OF KIDS WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE I'D SAY AT LEAST ONCE A SHIFT.
>> ONCE A SHIFT? >> OH, YES. UNFORTUNATELY. >> Reporter: DR. PICKETT HAS
WORKED IN THE E.R. FOR NINE YEARS. IS THERE ANY GROUP THAT'S NOT BEING IMPACTED?
>> NO. WE'RE SEEING IT ALL. KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHO COME FROM VERY WELL-OFF FAMILIES, KIDS WHO
DON'T, KIDS WHO ARE SUBURBAN, KIDS WHO ARE URBAN, KIDS WHO ARE RURAL. WE'RE SEEING IT ALL.
>> Reporter: THE SURGE OF FAMILIES NEEDING HELP FOR THEIR KIDS HAS REVEALED A DEFICIT OF PEOPLE AND PLACES TO TREAT THEM.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME TO GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH A THERAPIST IS 48 DAYS. AND FOR CHILDREN IT'S OFTEN
LONGER. WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT THE PLACE THEY HAVE TO COME IS THE EMERGENCY ROOM?
>> THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR SYSTEM. THE EMERGENCY ROOM SHOULD NOT BE THE PLACE TO GO AND GET ACUTE
MENTAL HEALTH CARE WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. WE ARE NOT A NICE CALM ENVIRONMENT.
>> BUT THEY'RE DESPERATE. >> YEAH. BUT WE'RE THERE AND WE SEE EVERYBODY.
BUT I WISH THERE WERE MORE PLACES THAT KIDS COULD GO TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. >> WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO ANSWER ON THE iPAD. >> Reporter: TO MANAGE THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND HEAVY
CASELOAD DR. PICKETT INTRODUCED AN iPAD WITH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT SCREEN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF EVERY CHILD 10 AND
OLDER WHO COMES TO THE E.R. FOR ANY REASON. AMONG THE QUESTIONS, HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING THOUGHTS ABOUT
KILLING YOURSELF? AND HAVE YOU FELT YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF YOU'RE DEAD?
HARSH QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE LIFE SAVERS TO THE KIDS WHO ANSWER THEM. >> WE'VE HAD FOUR KIDS THAT I
KNOW OF PERSONALLY THAT CAME IN FOR COMPLETELY UNRELATED PROBLEMS. SO A BROKEN ARM OR AN EARACHE OR
WHATEVER IT WAS. AND ACTUALLY WERE ACUTELY SUICIDAL TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEEDED TO TRANSFER THEM TO
INPATIENT FACILITY RIGHT THEN AND THERE. SO WE'RE CATCHING KIDS WHO ARE IN VERY MUCH CRISIS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO CATCHING THE KIDS THAT JUST NEED HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CDC, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER OF TEENAGE GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN SUICIDAL HAS
INCREASED 50% NATIONWIDE SINCE 2019. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL -- >> Reporter: SOFIA JIMENEZ WAS
ONE OF THEM. >> I REMEMBER CRYING EVERY NIGHT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I FELT SO ALONE.
>> Reporter: SOFIA AND HER FRIEND NINA WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIGH SCHOOL WHEN COVID TURNED THEIR WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN. >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUPER SMART KID AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD REALLY GOOD GRADES.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THE PANDEMIC HIT I FAILED A CLASS. WHEN I WAS VIRTUAL, I HAD NO MOTIVATION TO DO ANYTHING.
I WOULD JUST SIT IN MY ROOM, NEVER LEAVE, AND IT WAS LIKE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DEPRESSION. >> MY MENTAL HEALTH GOT REALLY
BAD, ESPECIALLY MY EATING DISORDER. I WAS BASICALLY HOME ALONE ALL DAY.
MY PARENTS, WELL, THEY NOTICED I WASN'T EATING. I WOULD REFUSE TO EAT. SO THEN THEY ENDED UP TAKING ME
TO THE HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: SOFIA HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE A BED OPENED UP AT A
PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY. YOUR GENERATION LIKE GOT HIT WITH THIS IN WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN, CAREFREE TIME.
WHAT WAS LOST? WHAT DID YOU GUYS LOSE DURING THE PANDEMIC? >> MYSELF.
>> YOURSELF. >> YEAH. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THERE WERE BIG PIECES OF MYSELF THAT
WERE DEFINITELY LOST. I LOST FRIENDS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T SEE EACH OTHER. WE COULDN'T GO TO OUR FIRST
HOMECOMING. I COULDN'T HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
THAT BIG OF A DEAL -- >> IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN YOU'RE IN EIGHTH GRADE. >> YEAH.
I FEEL LIKE IF THE PANDEMIC HADN'T HAPPENED AT ALL A LOT OF MY LIKE SADNESS AND LIKE MENTAL PROBLEMS WOULD NOT BE AS BAD AS
THEY ARE. IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING WORSE. >> ARE WE IN CRISIS MODE RIGHT NOW?
>> WE ARE. WE ARE IN CRISIS MODE. AND IT'S SCARY. >> Reporter: TAMMY MACLOUF HAS
WORKED AS A CHILD THERAPIST THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. >> I THINK THERE WAS A HOPE THAT
WE'RE BACK IN SCHOOL, THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS AGAIN AND PLAY SPORTS, THAT THIS WOULD ALL GO AWAY.
>> HAS IT? >> NO. NO, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE WAIT LISTS ARE LONGER, KIDS ARE
STRUGGLING WITH MORE ANXIETY, MORE DEPRESSION. SO WE WERE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
>> DID THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATE IT? >> I BELIEVE SO. WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC, BUT KIDS HAVE STILL LOST TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS OF SOCIALIZATION, TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION, TWO YEARS OF
THEIR WORLD KIND OF BEING SHAKEN UP. SO AS WE GET, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BACK TO NORMAL I THINK KIDS ARE
STRUGGLING EVEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC'S OVER, THIS CRISIS ISN'T GOING TO BE OVER. >> Reporter: CDC NUMBERS SHOW
THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE NUMBER OF ADOLESCENTS SAYING THEY FELT PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS WAS UP 40% SINCE 2009.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THEORIES ON WHY. SOCIAL MEDIA, INCREASED SCREEN TIME, AND ISOLATION.
BUT THE RESEARCH ISN'T DEFINITIVE. THIS PAST MARCH TAMMY MACLOUF WAS TAPPED BY CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL TO RUN AN URGENT CARE WALK-IN CLINIC SPECIFICALLY OPEN TO TREAT KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH. >> MAY I HELP YOU GUYS?
>> WE ARE HERE TO GET SOME HELP. >> Reporter: OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 3:00 TO 9:30, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST CLINICS OF ITS KIND
IN THE COUNTRY. >> WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOU? >> MM-HMM. >> AND WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR
YOU? >> SO WHEN THEY COME TO OUR CLINIC WE ASSESS THEM AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A THERAPY
SESSION. SO WE GIVE THEM SOME INTERVENTIONS. WE GIVE THEM LIKE A PLAN, AN
ACTION PLAN. >> Reporter: THE PLANS ARE CATERED TO EACH CHILD'S SITUATION.
ACTIONABLE THINGS FAMILIES AND KIDS CAN DO WHILE THEY LOOK FOR A DOCTOR OR FACILITY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM.
>> HOW LONG HAVE THE WAIT LISTS BEEN TO GET HELP? >> NORMALLY YOU'RE PUT ON -- YOU'RE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AND THEN -- >> MONTHS? >> YEAH. AND THEN IF YOU WANT A CHILD
PSYCHIATRIST YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE MONTHS TO A YEAR. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET THEM HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT
IMMEDIATELY? >> AS DAYS GO ON, THE SYMPTOMS GET WORSE. IF YOU HAVE A DEPRESSED CHILD,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY STARTED OUT WHERE THEY WERE FEELING DEPRESSED. AND THEN AS THE DAYS GOES ON
THEY'RE SUICIDAL. SO YOU REALLY DO NEED TO GET THAT HELP AND THAT SUPPORT RIGHT AWAY.
>> Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN BRINGER DESPERATELY NEEDED THAT SUPPORT DURING THE PANDEMIC. HE'S A FIFTH-GRADER AT ROOSEVELT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE. >> HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT? >> YEAH, I WAS 9.
I WAS STILL GOING TO SCHOOL, BUT THEN I KEPT HEARING ON THE NEWS IN THE CAR JUST LIKE PANDEMIC, STAY PUT, QUARANTINE, 14 DAYS.
>> WHEN THEY FIRST SAID HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AT THAT MOMENT?
>> HEAVEN. BUT THEN I REALIZED IT'S THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. >> Reporter: OPPOSITE BECAUSE
LIKE MILLIONS OF SCHOOL-AGED KIDS AUSTIN WAS FORCED INTO REMOTE LEARNING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND DISCONNECTED FROM
FRIENDS. >> IT WAS LIKE THIS SHUT-IN, LIKE THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE IS THROUGH LIKE PHONES OR
YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU LIVE WITH. >> Reporter: THAT ISOLATION TOOK A TOLL ON AUSTIN, WHO WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH NEWS
THAT HIS PARENTS WERE GETTING A DIVORCE. >> AND THAT'S WHEN I THINK EVERYTHING JUST STARTED TO
MAGNIFY. YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALWAYS ASKING TO SEE HIS FRIENDS. WE COULDN'T.
AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE MOMENT THAT HE WAS JUST ON THE FLOOR LIKE KICKING AND PUNCHING THE AIR JUST -- BUT COULDN'T
DESCRIBE WHY HE WAS UPSET. >> Reporter: UNABLE TO VENT WITH FRIENDS AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO IN-PERSON THERAPY, AUSTIN'S
MOTHER MELISSA SAYS HIS WORLD BEGAN CLOSING IN ON HIM. >> IT FELT LIKE HE WAS INTERACTING LESS AND JUST KIND
OF WITHDRAWING INTO HIMSELF AND SPENDING A LOT OF TIME BY HIMSELF. AND I WENT TO GO TUCK HIM IN AND
HE SAID, "MOM, I'M HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS." >> AND HE WAS HOW OLD? >> HE WAS 9.
AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> I JUST IMAGINED MYSELF GOING
THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS, LIKE JUMPING FROM A BUILDING AND LIKE TAKING A KNIFE FROM MY KITCHEN AND ENDING MY LIFE.
IT WAS -- IT WAS OVER 50 OF THEM THAT JUST FLOODED MY MIND. I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF IT WAS FROM ALL THE LIKE JUST
ANTI-SOCIALNESS AND NOT BEING ABLE -- IT ALSO FELT LIKE WITH THE DIVORCE CAME A LOT OF YELLING AND IT FELT LIKE MY
PARENTS DIDN'T NEED ME ANYMORE. JUST REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT MOMENT. >> Reporter: DESPERATE, MELISSA
CALLED AUSTIN'S PEDIATRICIAN, WHO REFERRED HER TO OUTPATIENT THERAPIST AND INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC PROGRAMS ONLY TO BE
TOLD THERE WERE LONG WAITING LISTS AND NO BEDS. >> ALL THIS STUFF IS RACING THROUGH MY HEAD.
AND THEN FOR THEM TO SAY, WELL, THERE'S NO BEDS RIGHT NOW. AND I'M LIKE, HOW AM I GOING TO KEEP HIM SAFE?
>> Reporter: IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND KEEP KIDS SAFE WISCONSIN IS TRYING ANOTHER APPROACH THAT'S BEING ADOCUMENTED IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY. >> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? >> Reporter: 17 PEDIATRIC
CLINICS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN HAVE INCORPORATED FULL-TIME THERAPISTS INSIDE THEIR OFFICES.
>> LOOK WHO I GOT! >> Reporter: OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT AS PART OF ROUTINE CARE.
>> OKAY. SO LET'S START WITH OUR ASSESSMENT. >> Reporter: DR. BRILLIANT
NIMMER WAS THE FIRST PEDIATRICIAN IN MILWAUKEE TO CREATE A THERAPIST'S OFFICE INSIDE HER OFFICE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE HERE TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO ALL WORK ON THIS TOGETHER, NOT WE CAN'T HELP YOU, GO SEE SOMEBODY
ELSE. >> EXACTLY. AND SO HAVING THE THERAPIST IN OUR CLINIC TO REALLY JUST --
WE'VE GOT A TEAM TOGETHER, DISCUSS THAT PATIENT AND FAMILY TOGETHER, TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER.
BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW THEM. SO WELL. IS SO MUCH BETTER FOR PATIENT CARE.
>> Reporter: DR. NIMMER'S CLINIC TREATS AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY WHERE FAMILIES TYPICALLY STRUGGLE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH
HELP. THERAPISTS HAVE TREATED MORE THAN 500 KIDS HERE SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
>> I THINK AS PEDIATRICIANS AND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, LIKE WE CAN NO LONGER JUST SOLELY SAY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, YOU'RE
THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF OUR PATIENTS IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH. LIKE THIS IS NOW SOMETHING WE
NEED TO BE DOING TOO. >> Reporter: AUSTIN BRINGER'S PEDIATRICIAN NOW HAS A THERAPIST IN HER OFFICE TOO.
THEIR FAMILY WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND REGULAR OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR HIS DEPRESSION. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE. EVERYTHING'S GOING UP IN MY LIFE.
AND KNOWING THAT, LIKE I'M FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS, I'M BUILDING BETTER SOCIAL LIFE, IT'S FUN TO JUST
KNOW THERE'S OTHERS THAT LIKE THE SAME THINGS AS ME. >> AUSTIN, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS
STUFF. WHY DID YOU AGREE TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH? >> BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS TO.
THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW. MENTAL HEALTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED OR BAD STUFF COULD HAPPEN.
IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT BY YOURSELF, TRY AND CONTACT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR FRIEND, YOUR FAMILY.
>> AND TALK ABOUT IT. >> YEAH.
>> Announcer: FIND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR KIDS AND >>> WE AMERICANS SPEND 90% OF OUR TIME INSIDE OF BUILDINGS.
YET MOST OF US GIVE LITTLE THOUGHT TO THE ROLE ARCHITECTURE PLAYS IN OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH.
TONIGHT WE BRING YOU A STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF AWARD-WINNING YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO HAVE SET OUT TO CREATE A NEW MODEL OF
ARCHITECTURE. NOT A PARTICULAR STYLE OF BUILDING BUT A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BUILD, WHO SHOULD
BUILD, USING WHAT, AND FOR WHOM. THEY'RE THEIR NON-PROFIT FIRM BASED IN BOSTON IS CALLED MASS, SHORT FOR
MODEL OF ARCHITECTURE SERVING SOCIETY. THEY WERE INSPIRED EARLY ON BY THE WORK OF PAUL FARMER, WHO
PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY JUST MONTHS AFTER OUR STORY FIRST AIRED LAST FALL. THOUGH TRAINED AT HARVARD,
MASS'S FOUNDERS SAY THEY LEARNED THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS OF ARCHITECTURE DURING TIME THEY SPENT IN OF ALL PLACES RWANDA.
RWANDA IS A COUNTRY MANY PEOPLE KNOW FOR ONE THING, THE 1994 GENOCIDE THAT KILLED MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE.
TODAY RWANDA IS AT PEACE, A BUSTLING NATION OF 13 MILLION WORKING HARD TO LIFT ITS POPULATION OUT OF POVERTY.
THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. SEVERAL OF THEM BEING DESIGNED BY MASS.
THOUGH STARTED BY AMERICANS, THE HEAD OF ITS TEAM IN KIGALI TODAY IS RWANDAN ARCHITECT CHRISTIAN BENIMANA.
>> I HEARD THAT WHEN MASS STARTED THERE WAS NO WORD FOR ARCHITECT IN YOUR LANGUAGE. >> AND THERE IS STILL NO WORD
FOR ARCHITECT. YOU HAVE AN EXPRESSION. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]. >> MEANING?
>> EXPERT IN THE CREATION OF BUILDINGS. >> Reporter: BENIMANA TOLD US HE DREAMED OF CREATING BUILDINGS
EVEN AS A LITTLE BOY. BUT WITH NO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN POST-GENOCIDE RWANDA HE HAD TO STUDY IN CHINA
IN MANDARIN. >> EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED AROUND -- >> Reporter: MICHAEL MURPHY,
MASS'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAD A VERY DIFFERENT PATH TO ARCHITECTURE. >> I STUDIED ENGLISH LITERATURE.
>> THAT'S GOING TO GET YOU FAR IN ARCHITECTURE. >> YES. >> Reporter: MURPHY'S LIFE TOOK
A SHARP TURN AFTER COLLEGE, WHEN HIS FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, GIVEN JUST A FEW WEEKS TO LIVE.
MURPHY RUSHED BACK TO POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK TO THEIR OLD HOME THAT HIS DAD HAD SPENT WEEKENDS RESTORING.
>> I SAID WHAT CAN I DO WHILE I WAIT HERE ON DEATH WATCH? AND SO I STARTED WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
AND AFTER THREE WEEKS HE WAS STILL ALIVE. SIX WEEKS WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER.
AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF I'D FULLY RESTORED THE BUILDING. HE WAS FULLY IN REMISSION. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WORKING
ON THIS HOUSE WITH YOU SAVED MY LIFE, IT HEALED ME. >> WOW. >> THEN I SAID, WELL, I HAVE TO
BE AN ARCHITECT NOW. >> WHEN HE CAME IN WEARING THESE SILVER COWBOY BOOTS -- >> Reporter: ALAN RIX AND MURPHY
BECAME FAST FRIENDS AS FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT HARVARD'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN. BUT AS THEY DOVE IN BOTH FOUND
SOMETHING WANTING IN THE CURRICULUM. >> WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE HEROISM OF ARCHITECTURE, THE
BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES, THE NAMES OF THE FAMOUS ARCHITECTS. >> Reporter: BUT NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HOW ARCHITECTURE COULD
HELP PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. DURING FIRST SEMESTER MURPHY WENT TO A TALK BY ONE OF HIS IDOLS, DR. PAUL FARMER, WHO HAD
FOUNDED THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS IN HEALTH TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE NEEDIESY IEST POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
>> HE SAID WE'RE BUILDING HOSPITALS, WE'RE BUILDING CLINICS, WE'RE BUILDING SCHOOLS. AND SO WHEN I WENT UP TO HIM
AFTERWARDS TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, HE SAID YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTS HAVE NEVER ASKED US
HOW THEY COULD BE OF SERVICE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE OFTEN HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES.
>> WHY WEREN'T ARCHITECTS ATTRACTED TO WORKING WITH YOU? A LOT OF THEM CARE ABOUT THE POOR.
>> THEY CERTAINLY DO. BUT THE WAY THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE IS SET UP IS HEY, YOU GIVE US MONEY, WE'LL DESIGN
SOMETHING FOR YOU. >> Reporter: SO WHEN MURPHY OFFERED TO VOLUNTEER ON A PARTNERS IN HEALTH PROJECT IN
RWANDA THE FOLLOWING SUMMER OF 2007, DR. FARMER SAID BRING IT ON. >> WE GAVE HIM SOME VERY HUMBLE
PROJECTS. >> YOU'RE SMILING. MUST BE PRETTY GOOD. >> HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD DESIGN
A LITTLE LAUNDRY BUILDING. >> A LAUNDRY BUILDING? WELL, HOW DID THE LAUNDRY LOOK? >> IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
IT STILL LOOKS GOOD. >> Reporter: SO GOOD HE CALLED MICHAEL MURPHY A FEW MONTHS LATER AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP
DESIGN A BRAND NEW HOSPITAL FOR A REMOTE DISTRICT OF 350,000 THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DOCTOR. >> YOU'RE STILL A STUDENT.
>> STILL A STUDENT. SO I LOOKED AROUND MY CLASSMATES, SAID THIS CRAZY CALL CAME IN, CAN ANYONE HELP ME?
>> YOU SAID YES RIGHT AWAY. WITHOUT HESITATION. >> YEAH. I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T?
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. >> Reporter: BUT WHEN DR. FARMER SAID THEIR FIRST DESIGN LOOKED LIKE AN ARMY BARRACKS, MURPHY
DECIDED TO TAKE A YEAR OFF AND MOVE TO THE SITE, CALLED BUTARO, WHERE FARMER GAVE HIM THREE CHALLENGES.
HE SAYS HAVE DEFINED MASS'S WORK TO THIS DAY. THE HOSPITAL SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
BUILDING IT SHOULD HELP AS MANY LOCAL PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND IT SHOULD HAVE NATURAL AIR FLOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
DISEASES LIKE TUBERCULOSIS THAT OFTEN RAN RAMPANT IN ENCLOSED WARDS AND WAITING ROOMS. >> LET ME SHOW YOU THIS IMAGE.
>> Reporter: MURPHY SHOWED US THE DESIGN THEY CAME UP WITH TO MOVE FRESH AIR NATURALLY THROUGH EACH WARD.
>> THAT'S SIMPLE PHYSICS WHERE AIR MOVES FROM A LOWER TO HIGHER AREA. >> Reporter: BEDS WOULD GO IN
THE MIDDLE, GIVING EVERY PATIENT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. >> BEAUTY MATTERS. THE SPACES AROUND US THAT ARE
DESIGNED WITH BEAUTY SAY THAT WE MATTER AS INDIVIDUALS. >> IF I WERE A DOCTOR, WOULDN'T I SAY I CARE ABOUT BEAUTY BUT I
WANT A HEART MONITOR FIRST? >> WHY MAKE THIS A CHOICE BETWEEN A HEART MONITOR AND BEAUTY?
SURELY WE CAN HAVE BOTH. >> Reporter: WHAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT LIKE FRONT-END LOADERS THAT WERE TOO
COSTLY TO GET TO THE SITE. >> AND SO WE ASKED COULD WE DIG IT BY HAND? AND WE DUG THE FOUNDATION BY
HAND. EMPLOYED MORE PEOPLE. AND SHOCKER, WE DID IT FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN --
>> THAN IF YOU HAD THE BIG -- >> THAN IF WE HAD THE FRONT-END LOADER. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY
WORKED ON THIS PROJECT TOTAL? >> OVER 4,000 PEOPLE WORKED ON THE PROJECT. >> Reporter: AND INSTEAD OF
TRUCKING IN MATERIALS, THEY DECIDED TO USE VOLCANIC STONE THAT FARMERS HERE CONSIDER A NUISANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
CLEAR IT FROM THEIR FIELDS. >> YOU SEE THE STONE EVERYWHERE. BUT NORMALLY IT'S JUST PILED UP. AND WE THOUGHT, THIS WOULD BE A
REALLY VALUABLE MATERIAL IN THE U.S. YOU KNOW, COULD WE USE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
>> Reporter: THEY DESIGNED THE WHOLE HOSPITAL FACADE WITH IT. HIRING DOZENS OF LOCAL MASONS AND SPAWNING A NEW INDUSTRY.
THIS WOMAN WHO TRAINED AT BUTARO IS NOW A FOREWOMAN WITH A TEAM OF MASONS SHE TRAINS. >> AND THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THEY
SPEND DOING THIS -- >> Reporter: CHRISTIAN BENIMANA, BACK FROM SHANGHAI, WAS IMPRESSED BY THE THOUGHT GIVEN
TO THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AND BY GIVING SO MANY PEOPLE WORK, IMPROVING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. >> IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE
PROSPECT FOR A BETTER FUTURE. >> AND GIVE PEOPLE PRIDE IN RWANDA. >> THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME
BECAUSE IT MAKE ME PROUD AS WELL. >> Reporter: HE JOINED THE TEAM AND HELPED DESIGN HOUSING FOR
DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL. >> VERY QUICKLY WE HAD A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T MANY OTHER PEOPLE DOING THIS.
>> Reporter: THEY DECIDED TO BECOME A NON-PROFIT ARCHITECTURE FIRM. TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT
OTHERWISE COULDN'T AFFORD HIGH-PRICED DESIGNS. THEY'VE BUILT A MATERNITY CARE CENTER IN MALAWI, A CHOLERA
HOSPITAL IN HAITI, SCHOOLS, ALL WITH THE SAME PRINCIPLES OF AIR FLOW, BEAUTY AND CREATING JOBS. A DECADE LATER THEY HAVE A STAFF
OF OVER 200, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM RWANDAN. >> THIS TREE IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL CLOSE UP.
>> Reporter: WE VISITED BUTARO HOSPITAL LAST SUMMER. ITS CENTRAL COURTYARD FELT PART MEDICAL CENTER, PART PUBLIC
GARDENS. AND ITS COVERED OUTDOOR WAITING ROOM AND HALLWAYS IN THIS TIME OF COVID FELT PRESCIENT.
>> THIS ENTIRE HOSPITAL IS DESIGNED AROUND THAT SIMPLE IDEA THAT AIR FLOW, AIR MOVEMENT ARE THE BASIC PREMISE THAT WE SHOULD
DESIGN OUR BUILDINGS AROUND AND IN PARTICULAR OUR HOSPITALS SO THAT PATIENTS DON'T TRANSMIT AIRBORNE DISEASES TO EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: FOUR HOURS TO THE SOUTH WE WENT TO SEE MASS'S LARGEST PROJECT YET, A 69-BUILDING CAMPUS FOR A BRAND
NEW COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE FUNDED BY AMERICAN PHILANTHROPIST HOWARD BUFFETT. >> THIS SPACE IS REALLY WE WANT
TO CREATE A HUB. >> IT'S SPECTACULAR. >> Reporter: WHERE MASS IS PUSHING ITS PHILOSOPHY TO THE
LIMIT. AS ALAN RICK SHOWED US, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HERE, FROM THE EARTHEN WALLS --
>> THE LINES YOU SEE ARE THE LAYERS. >> Reporter: -- TO THE FURNITURE.
>> THE WOVEN BACKRESTS OF THESE CHAIRS. >> Reporter: IS BEING MADE LOCALLY.
UNDER CHRISTIAN BENIMANA'S LEADERSHIP MASS STARTED A FURNITURE DIVISION TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL ARTISANS
ON CREATIVE DESIGNS. INSTEAD OF ORDERING FROM A CATALOG. >> IT'S ONE THING TO GO TO DUBAI
AND TURKEY AND CHINA AND EUROPE AND GET FURNITURE FROM A SHOWROOM, PUT IT ON A FLIGHT AND BRING IT HERE.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO FIGURE OUT A SYSTEM THAT CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. >> Reporter: AND IF YOU'RE
THINKING MASS'S MODEL COULD NEVER WORK IN THE U.S., MICHAEL MURPHY WASN'T SURE EITHER UNTIL HE WAS CHARGED BY A COMMUNITY
LEADER BACK HOME. >> HE SAID YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS WORK IN HAITI AND RWANDA, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK TO
YOUR HOMETOWN AND WORK WITH US IN POUGHKEEPSIE? WE NEED A LOT OF HELP. >> Reporter: POUGHKEEPSIE, LIKE
MANY ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRIAL CITIES, HAS SEEN FACTORIES CLOSED, ITS DOWNTOWN CHOKED OFF BY HIGHWAYS, ITS STOREFRONTS
BOARDED UP. TO TOP IT OFF, ITS CREEK FLOODED DURING HURRICANE IRENE. >> WE HAD JUST BEEN IN ONE OF
THE MOST RURAL PLACES IN THE WORLD, AND WE HAD SEEN A HOSPITAL CHANGE THE ECONOMY. I SAID WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT SAME
THING HERE IN POUGHKEEPSIE? >> Reporter: SO MASS OPENED A SMALL OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND GOT TO WORK.
>> RADIANT LIGHT COMING OFF OF THERE. >> Reporter: CONVERTING THE CITY'S OLD TROLLEY BARN INTO AN
ART SPACE AND DESIGNING HOUSING. IT'S HELPING TURN THIS OLD BUILDING INTO A FOOD HALL. >> WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS
BUILDING. >> Reporter: AND CONVERTING THIS LONG-ABANDONED FACTORY INTO A NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SCENIC HUDSON. >> IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WHOLE OPENING WAS ONCE
A WINDOW. >> THAT WAS A WINDOW? >> THAT WAS ALL A WINDOW. >> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> Reporter: MURPHY SAYS OLD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS WERE DESIGNED TO LET IN FRESH AIR. BUT WITH THE INVENTION OF
AIR-CONDITIONING BIG WINDOWS BECAME A LIABILITY. SO WE SHRUNK THEM AND SEALED OUR BUILDINGS AIRTIGHT.
>> THIS IS A SORT OF DEVIL'S BARGAIN BECAUSE IT HAS MADE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE REALLY LIMITED AIR FLOW AND HENCE
DURING COVID WE WERE ALL VERY VULNERABLE. >> WE SAW IT WITH THE NURSING HOMES.
>> AND THE PRISONS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT COVID WILL CHANGE ARCHITECTURE FOR EVERYBODY?
>> EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD IS GOING THROUGH A SHIFT IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND US, THAT THEY MAY MAKE US
SICKER, THAT THEY COULD MAKE US HEALTHIER IF THEY WERE BETTER DESIGNED. >> Reporter: MASS'S NEW DESIGN
WILL REOPEN THE WINDOWS. AND LIKE A CUTTING-EDGE VERSION OF THE HOSPITAL IN RWANDA USE A SOLAR-POWERED SYSTEM TO HEAT AND
COOL AIR AT EACH WINDOW, ELIMINATING TRADITIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING AND HEATING ENTIRELY.
AND THEY HAVE A PLAN TO TRANSFORM THAT FLOODING CREEK THAT'S BECOME SOMETHING OF A GARBAGE DUMP.
>> SOME GUTTERS. WE GET SHOPPING CARTS. >> WHAT IS THAT, AN AIR-CONDITIONER?
>> MM-HMM. >> Reporter: MASS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SIERRA BAINBRIDGE CAME HERE WITH IDEAS ABOUT WIDENING
THE CREEK TO HELP WITH FLOODING. BUT ALSO -- >> IF YOU'RE TAKING A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE PROBLEM, THEN THE
SOLUTION ALSO BEGINS TO BE A HOLISTIC VIEW. >> Reporter: MASS CAME UP WITH DESIGNS TO TURN THE BLIGHTED
CREEK INTO BEAUTIFUL PARK SPACE THAT WOULD RUN ALL THROUGH POUGHKEEPSIE. >> EACH PROJECT HAS TO NOT SOLVE
FOR THAT ONE THING. WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE DESIGN HAVE THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE IMPACT?
>> Reporter: IT'S A LESSON MASS BELIEVES CAN APPLY IN MANY AMERICAN CITIES. THEY HAVE PROJECTS NOW IN
CLEVELAND, BIRMINGHAM AND SANTA FE. AND THEIR GOSPEL OF ARCHITECTURE SERVING SOCIETY HAS REACHED
INSIDE THAT IVORY TOWER WHOSE TEACHINGS THEY ONCE FOUND LACKING. IN 2021 MURPHY TAUGHT LESSONS HE
LEARNED IN RWANDA BACK AT HARVARD. >> THERE'S SOME CLEAR SIMPLICITY TO IT.
THERE'S THINGS WE HAVE TO BUILD. THERE'S PEOPLE WE HAVE TO HIRE. THERE'S MATERIALS WE HAVE TO USE.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AS A DESIGN PROJECT, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT MORE IMPACT. >> Reporter: IN JUNE MASS WAS
AWARDED THE HIGHEST HONOR GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARK ARCHITECTS. ITS 2022 ARCHITECTURE FIRM
>>> THE NFL SEASON IS UPON US, AND HERE'S ONE SAFE BET. MORE THAN A FEW GAMES WILL COME DOWN TO FOOTBALL'S GREAT SECRET
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. WE SPEAK OF KICKERS, WHO SCORE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE POINTS IN THE NFL BUT ONLY GET A SMALL
FRACTION OF THE RESPECT. IT WAS BUDDY RYAN, THE HARD-BOILED COACH, WHO ONCE GROWLED "KICKERS ARE LIKE TAXI
CABS. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO OUT AND HIRE ANOTHER ONE." AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN JANUARY,
ALMOST HALF THE NFL TEAMS REPLACED THEIR KICKERS LAST SEASON AT LEAST ONCE. BUT THEN ONTO THE FIELD JOGS
JUSTIN TUCKER OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, WHO CLEAVES THE UPRIGHTS WITH A MIX OF POWER AND PRECISION.
THE RAVENS HAD A ROUGH SEASON. BUT TUCKER IS ON A TRAJECTORY, END OVER END, TO GO DOWN AS PERHAPS THE GREATEST NFL KICKER
THERE EVER WAS. IN TURN ELEVATING THE ENTIRE POSITION. >> THIS IS THE GUY YOU WANT,
GREG. >> Reporter: IF THERE WERE ONE SIGNATURE MOMENT FROM THE NFL LAST SEASON, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THIS. DETROIT LIONS 17, BALTIMORE RAVENS 16. THREE SECONDS LEFT.
JUSTIN TUCKER, THE RAVENS' 32-YEAR-OLD KICKER, LINES UP BEYOND MIDFIELD, BEYOND THE TAIL OF THE LIONS LOGO.
>> THIS IS FOR AN NFL-RECORD 66 YARDS. >> Reporter: AND ACTION. >> ON ITS WAY.
>> I FELT THE THUD OF THE BALL. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL
I SAW THE BALL HIT THE CROSSBAR. >> IT BOUNCES OFF THE CROSSBAR. AND IT'S GOOD! OH, MY GOODNESS!
>> I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE ALL KNEW THAT WE HAD JUST BEEN A PART OF AN HISTORIC MOMENT. >> Reporter: NOTE THE REACTION
OF HIS COACH, JOHN HARBAUGH. TUCKER'S TEAMMATES WERE EQUALLY GIDDY. >> AH!
LET'S GO! >> Reporter: WHAT MADE IT REMARKABLE? FOR ONE THE SHEER DISTANCE.
BY A MATTER OF INCHES THE 66-YARDER SET A NEW NFL RECORD FOR LONGEST FIELD GOAL EVER. BUT ALSO, SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU
HEARD THIS KIND OF SWOONING OVER A KICKER? >> WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOREVER.
>> NO DOUBT. >> SO PROUD OF YOU, MAN. >> HE'S THE BEST EVER. >> BEST EVER?
>> BEST THAT'S EVER DONE IT. >> Reporter: JOHN HARBAUGH SAYS IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF TUCKER'S RECORD BREAKER IN
DETROIT. >> WHAT IS HIS SECRET KICKING SAUCE? >> YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY
TALENTED GUY. LEG STRENGTH, ACCURACY. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE THERE. BUT TO ME THE BIGGEST THING IS
JUST THE WAY HE APPROACHES IT. I MEAN, HIS DEMEANOR, PERSONA IN THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, THE BIGGEST KICKS UNDER THE MOST PRESSURE,
THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM THE BEST EVER. >> YOU SOUND FIRED UP WHEN YOU SAY THAT.
>> WELL, I'M FIRED UP HE'S OUR KICKER. MAKES US A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM. >> Reporter: TUCKER WEIGHS ONLY
180 POUNDS, BUT HE'S OFTEN RESCUED THE RAVENS. >> JUSTIN TUCKER! >> Reporter: GOING INTO THIS
SEASON TUCKER HAS MADE 58 STRAIGHT FIELD GOALS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME. HE WASN'T DRAFTED.
HE SCORED MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE RAVENS' POINTS SINCE HE'S GOTTEN HERE. IS HE WORTH A FIRST-ROUND PICK
TODAY? >> HE IS. ABSOLUTELY. HE WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE REAL KICKER, AS IT WERE. ACROSS THE NFL MORE FIELD GOALS ARE BEING MADE FROM LONGER
DISTANCES WITH GREATER ACCURACY THAN EVER. BUT THEN THERE ARE WACKY SUNDAYS LIKE THIS ONE LAST OCTOBER.
>> IT'S NO GOOD! >> McPHERSON'S KICK -- >> Reporter: WHEN NORMALLY RELIABLE KICKERS FOR THE PACKERS
AND BENGALS -- >> NO GOOD! >> CROSBY FROM 40. IT IS NO GOOD!
>> Reporter: -- COMBINED TO MISS FIVE FIELD GOALS IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES. >> WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> Reporter: AND THE EXTRA POINT, ONCE ALMOST AUTOMATIC, HAS BECOME MORE OF AN ADVENTURE SINCE THE NFL EXTENDED THE
DISTANCE IN 2015. ALL THOSE GAMES HINGING ON THE SMALLEST GUYS ON THE FIELD SPLITTING OR MISSING THOSE TWO
UPRIGHTS. THE OUTCOME WILL DEPEND AS MUCH ON THE MIND AS ON THE FOOT. EVEN FOR JUSTIN TUCKER NERVES
COME INTO PLAY. >> IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING JUST LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING, LIKE -- YOU KNOW, ARE YOU REALLY LIVING?
THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF PLAYING THIS POSITION AT THIS LEVEL, IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT, PROCESSING IT,
COMPARTMENTALIZING IT, PUTTING IT AWAY, AND THEN STILL GOING OUT THERE AND DOING YOUR JOB. >> CALAIS CAMPBELL!
>> Reporter: TUCKER'S TEAMMATE, 6'8" DEFENSIVE LINEMAN CALAIS CAMPBELL, WHOSE JOB INCLUDES BLOCKING KICKS, SAYS HE CAN
DETECT FEAR IN KICKERS WHEN THE GAME'S ON THE LINE. >> REALLY GOOD KICKERS, IT COMES AND ALL THAT CONFIDENCE GOES
AWAY. YOU CAN SEE THEIR NERVOUSNESS IN THEIR EYES. AND VERY FEW KICKERS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE. >> YOU SEE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE?
>> OH, YEAH, ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: NFL KICKING TITAN MORTEN ANDERSON MADE 583 FIELD GOALS OVER A 25-YEAR CAREER.
ANDERSON SAYS KICKERS HAVE NOWHERE TO HIDE. >> WE'RE VERY EXPOSED. OUR PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK IS
IMMEDIATE. IT'S EITHER GOOD OR BAD. >> HOW MUCH OF THIS IS MENTAL? >> I WOULD SAY 90% OF IT IS
MENTAL AND THE LAST 10% IS MENTAL. >> IT'S LIKE YOGI BERRA DOES KICKING.
YOU HAD A KICK TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. >> YEAH. >> DID YOU FEEL FEAR WHEN YOU
WALKED OUT? >> NO, BECAUSE I HAD IN MY MENTAL REHEARSALS THE NIGHT BEFORE IN THE HOTEL, I WOULD DO
THREE OR FOUR SCENARIOS. I WOULD REHEARSE THEM IN SLOW MOTION AND REAL-TIME. SO I REMEMBER STANDING ON THE
SIDELINE AND ALL MY TEAMMATES WERE ON THEIR KNEES, THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS. AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO
MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THE CAR. I'M DRIVING THE CAR. >> Reporter: WHEN ANDERSON DROVE
THE ATLANTA FALCONS INTO THE SUPER BOWL IN 1999, HE WAS SO SURE HE'D NAILED HIS KICK HE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO WATCH.
ANDERSON IS THE SECOND LEADING SCORER IN NFL HISTORY, BEHIND ANOTHER KICKER, FOUR-TIME SUPER BOWL WINNER ADAM VINATIERI.
AND YET -- >> YOU'RE ONE OF ONLY TWO PURE KICKERS IN THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.
HOW CAN THAT BE? >> IT'S A GREAT INJUSTICE. ONE OF THE GREATEST INJUSTICES IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
I'M KIDDING. A LITTLE BIT. >> YOU SCORED I ATHIRD OF THE POINTS, THOUGH.
HOW CAN -- >> CORRECT. IF THE POINT OF THE GAME IS TO SCORE MORE POINTS THAN THE OTHER
TEAM, WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LEADING SCORER ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM? >> Reporter: KICKERS HAVE LONG
BEEN SEEN AS SOMETHING, WELL, FOREIGN, LITERALLY. GUYS BORN IN EUROPE WITH GUYS LIKE GOING LAK AND STENERUD.
MAYBE IT WAS THE BAREFOOT KICKERS IN THE SNOW OR GARY YP RECOMMENDIAN'S LONE PART OF HIS CAREER IN THE SUPER BOWL, NO
LESS, THAT HELPED CREATE A PERCEPTION, KICKERS AREN'T REAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS. AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER FALSE
PERCEPTION, THAT KICKING A FOOTBALL AIN'T ALL THAT DIFFICULT. >> YOU EVER HAVE TEAMMATES SAY
KICKING A BALL THROUGH UPRIGHTS, HOW HARD CAN THAT BE? >> EVERY SATURDAY MORNING WE HAD A WALK-THROUGH, AND ALL THE GUYS
WANTED TO KICK FIELD GOALS. AND I'M LIKE DON'T DO IT, GUYS, THIS IS NOT MUSCLES YOU'RE USED TO USING.
>> ANYONE ACTUALLY MAKE THE FIELD GOAL WHEN THEY WEREN'T BLOWING OUT THEIR KNEES? >> IT WASN'T A PRETTY SIGHT.
AND I WAS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS, THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL. >> Reporter: THERE ARE SELDOM
BACKUP KICKERS IN THE NFL. SO LOOK WHAT HAPPENED LAST DECEMBER WHEN CAROLINA PANTHERS KICKER ZANE GONZALES INJURED HIS
LEG IN WARM-UPS. THE TEAM SCRAMBLED TO FIND ANY PLAYER WHO COULD KICK, HOLDING FIELD AUDITIONS ON THE SPOT.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE PANTHERS DIDN'T EVEN TRY A FIELD GOAL OR EXTRA POINT THAT DAY. THEN AGAIN, KICKERS ARE A
SPECIAL BREED. ♪ HOW MANY LINEBACKERS DARE SING OPERA AS A HOBBY?
JUSTIN TUCKER WAS HAPPY TO BELT OUT "AVE MARIA" AT A BALTIMORE CHRISTMAS CONCERT A FEW YEARS AGO.
♪ AVE MARIA ♪ WE HEARD HE'S SHY ABOUT HIS SINGING. >> VERY SHY.
HE'S THE LIFE OF THE PARTY IN THE LOCKER ROOM EVERY DAY. >> EVERY DAY YOU SAY. >> OH, EVERY DAY.
>> Reporter: KICKERS AVOID FOOTBALL'S VIOLENCE. THEY EVEN PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN FIELD.
SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. >> WE HAD AN NFL KICKER TELL US ALL THE PLAYERS WANT TO BE US DURING PRACTICE AND NONE OF THE
TEAMMATES WANT TO BE US WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. YOU'RE SMILING WHEN I -- >> IT'S BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM MY TEAMMATES OVER THE YEARS. >> DO YOU BUY IT? >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
WE HAVE AN OBVIOUSLY LIGHTER WORKLOAD. WE'RE NOT HITTING OR GETTING HIT.
OUR PRACTICES ARE MUCH LESS STRENUOUS THAN BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON OUT HERE WEARING A FOOTBALL UNIFORM.
>> Reporter: CONNOR BARTH KICKED FOR FOUR NFL TEAMS OVER A TEN-YEAR CAREER. >> I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE US
DURING PRACTICE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE SNEAK OFF IN CAMP AND PLAY SOME GOLF AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIT STARBUCKS.
I ALWAYS SAY IF YOU MAKE YOUR KICKS NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU. >> I THINK I MISHEARD YOU.
YOU DIDN'T REALLY SAY KICKERS SNEAK OFF DURING PRACTICE TO GO PLAY GOLF AND VISIT STARBUCKS. >> I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY WATCH SO
MUCH FILM KICKING. YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAYBOOK WITH A500 PAGES IN IT. YOU HAVE SOME DOWN TIME DURING
THE DAY. >> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT ALL PAR 3s AND PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE. THERE IS A REAL PRECISION TO
KICKING A FIELD GOAL, AN EFFICIENT THREE-MAN ASSEMBLY LINE WITH A SNAPPER AND HOLDER. >> HOW LONG DOES IT STAKE FROM
THE SNAP UNTIL YOU'RE BOOTING THAT BALL? >> TYPICALLY 1.3 SECONDS, GIVE OR TAKE SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS.
>> 1.3 SECONDS, THAT'S IT. >> 1.3 SECONDS. >> IF IT'S 1.4 WHAT HAPPENS? >> IF IT'S 1.4 YOU RUN THE RISK
OF GET I GO AKICK BLOCKED BY AN EDGE RUSH. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND SOMEONE'S PUTTING THEIR HAND UP
AND BLOCKING THAT KICK. >> EXACTLY. THAT MUSCLE MEMORY THAT GETS DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT YEARS OF
PRACTICE THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO THOSE 1.3 SECONDS WHEN THEY MATTER THE MOST. >> Reporter: WE WERE ALSO
SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT TUCKER AND HIS FELLOW KICKERS ARE STRIKING A FOOTBALL UNIQUE TO THEM.
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY A K BALL RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: A K BALL. THE K STANDING FOR KICKERS.
>> YOU CAN'T DO TOO MANY CRAZY THINGS BUT YOU WANT TO TRY TO MASH THE BACK OF THIS BALL AND BREAK IN THE SEAMS AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN. >> I CAN'T GO TOO DEEPLY INTO THE TRADE SECRETS THE MARKESES OUR EQUIPMENT GUYS GO THROUGH TO
PREP THESE GAME BALLS FOR GAME DAY. LEGALLY, I SHOULD ADD. BUT THERE'S A BRUSH THAT HAS
BRISTLES ON ONE SIDE. THAT'S THE ONLY TOOL THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE. >> THE BRUSH SMOOTHS THE SIDE OF
THE BALL WHERE THE KICKER'S FOOT MAKES IMPACT. >> I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THE BALL THE
QUARTERBACK'S THROWING WITH IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE YOU'RE KICKING WITH. >> NO, K BALL, THE REST OF THE
POSITION PLAYERS DO NOT USE THIS BALL. >> THE PURPOSE OF THIS BALL IS TO SEND IT TO THE MOON WITH MY
FOOT. SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LOOSEN UP THE LEATHER SO WHEN MY FOOT COMPRESSES INTO THE BALL IT
EXPLODES THE OTHER WAY IN A WAY THAT THIS BALL JUST SIMPLY WOULD NOT. >> YOU TALK ABOUT A SWEET SPOT.
>> I TRY TO PICK OUT THE DIMPLES ON THE BALL THAT I'M GOING TO MATCH UP MY FOOT TO. >> REALLY?
THE SPECIFIC DIMPLES? >> I TRY TO. IT'S A LITTLE EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
SO MAYBE AN INCH UNDER THE CENTER OF THE BALL, THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO MATCH THAT BONE COMING OFF OF MY BIG TOE ON THE
TOP OF MY FOOT, TRYING TO MATCH IT UP TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FOOTWEAR HERE.
>> Reporter: CONNOR BARTH LET US IN ON MORE TRIBAL SECRETS. >> I TAKE LIKE A MACHINE AND GRIND IT DOWN SO THAT MY FRONT
CLEATS ARE COMPLETELY FLAT. THAT WAY WHEN I SWING THROUGH THE BALL IT KIND OF GLIDES THROUGH ALMOST LIKE A GOLF CLUB.
>> THIS PLANTS AND THIS SLIDES? >> >> THIS ONE SLIDES THROUGH. AND THIS ONE IS YOUR PLANT SHOE
THAT KIND OF CATCHES EVERYTHING SO YOU STOP AND YOU KICK. >> IT'S LIKE TWO DIFFERENT GARDEN TOOLS.
>> IT'S PRETTY COOL. >> Reporter: BARTH'S SHOES ARE NOT JUST MISMATCHED. THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE SAME SIZE.
>> I █WEAR A SIZE 123 E. 12. THIS IS A 10 1/2. >> A SIZE AND A HALF SMALLER -- >> MY KICKING SHOE NEEDS TO BE
SO MUCH TIGHTER THAN MY REGULAR -- SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. BUT I THINK MY FOOT'S GOTTEN SMALLER OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE
I'VE BEEN JAMMING MY FOOT INTO ALMOST A TWO SIZE SMALLER SHOE. >> WE MET BARTH ON HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD IN
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS WARMING UP BY KICKING 40-YARD FIELD GOALS WITH NO STEP.
TRY THAT SOMETIME. HE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE KICKER'S VULNERABILITY. BARTH MADE 83% OF HIS NFL FIELD
GOALS. BUT KICK FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS IN NOVEMBER 2017 BARTH ATTEMPTED A GAME-TYING FIELD GOAL AT
SOLDIER FIELD WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT. >> NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> WOW.
>> HOLY MOSES. >> Reporter: HE WALKED OFF THE FIELD DEJECTED. THE BEARS FIRED HIM THE NEXT
DAY. AND HIS CAREER WAS OVER. >> DID YOU THINK YOUR CAREER WAS IN JEOPARDY WITH ONE KICK?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENDED MY CAREER ON A BETTER NOTE. I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE MIDDLE
FINGERS IN THE CROWD ON MY WAY OUT OF THE -- HEY, CHICAGO BEARS -- CHICAGO FANS ARE THE BEST FANS.
>> Reporter: NOW AT AGE 36, HE'S THINKING OF MAKING A COMEBACK. GIVEN THE CHURN AMONG NFL KICKERS, WHY NOT?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME INCONSISTENCIES THIS YEAR WITH KICKERS. WE'LL GO WATCH SOME GAMES, AND
I'LL HAVE -- YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE MISSES AND ALL MY BUDDIES ARE TEXTING ME YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK.
>> YOU'RE WATCHING FOOTBALL ON SUNDAYS, YOU'RE THINKING -- >> I COULD MAKE SOME MORE FIELD GOALS.
YEAH. >> WITH OUR GAME CLOCK DOWN TO ITS FINAL TICKING WE FIGURED IT WAS ONLY FITTING WE SUMMON
JUSTIN TUCKER TO TAKE US OUT. >> I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT
KICKING FOOTBALLS. I'M HAVING THE LOVELIEST TIME RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST A WILD RIDE.
>> THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS, MAN. >> IT'S LIKE THAT OLD COUNTRY SONG, DROP KICK ME, JESUS, THROUGH THE GOALPOSTS OF LIFE.
AND HERE WE ARE, JUST LIVING LIFE, MAN. >>> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.