1 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:20,687 >>> EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AMERICAN KIDS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A CRISIS. RISING RATES OF SUICIDE, 2 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:28,962 SELF-HARM, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. >> YOUR GENERATION GOT HIT WITH THIS IN WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 3 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:32,465 FUN, CAREFREE TIME. WHAT WAS LOST? WHAT DID YOU GUYS LOSE DURING THE PANDEMIC? 4 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:40,640 >> MYSELF. >> YOURSELF. >> YEAH. >>> THIS WE'RE SAVING. 5 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:47,947 YOU CAN SEE -- >> WE AMERICANS SPEND 90% OF OUR TIME INSIDE BUILDINGS. WELL, WE FOUND A GROUP OF YOUNG 6 00:00:48,014 --> 00:00:53,753 ARCHITECTS WHO HAVE SET OUT TO CREATE A NEW MODEL OF ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE, ONE THAT IS BOTH 7 00:00:53,820 --> 00:01:03,563 BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD AND USE THEM. INSPIRATION THEY SAY THEY GOT IN AFRICA AND HAVE NOW BROUGHT 8 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:14,073 HOME. >> WHAT YOU WERE DOING IN RWANDA YOU WERE ALSO DOING IN HAITI, MALAWI, AND POUGHKEEPSIE? 9 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:20,113 >>> IF IT'S NOT THE LEAST GLAMOROUS JOB IN THE NFL, IT MAY BE THE MOST STRESSFUL. WE SPEAK OF THE KICKER. 10 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:26,519 THEY'RE NOT THE BIGGEST OR BEST ATHLETES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. BUT THEY SCORE ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL POINTS. 11 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:33,693 SO WITH THE NFL SEASON ON OUR DOORSTEP WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET INSIDE THE QUIRKY MINDS OF THE GUYS WHO 12 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,998 BOOT THE BALL END OVER END WITH TIME RUNNING OUT UP AND OVER THE BAR. >> IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING JUST 13 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:46,906 LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING, ARE YOU EVEN REALLY LIVING? >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. 14 00:01:46,973 --> 00:01:52,378 >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. 15 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:56,015 THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." 16 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:11,164 >>> THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL HAS CALLED IT AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. A DEVASTATING DECLINE IN THE 17 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:18,304 MENTAL HEALTH OF KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE RATES OF SUICIDE, SELF-HARM, ANXIETY, 18 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:25,945 AND DEPRESSION ARE UP AMONG ADOLESCENTS, A TREND THAT BEGAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOU TO 19 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:30,683 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A COMMUNITY TRYING TO HELP ITS KIDS NAVIGATE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 20 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:38,658 AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN MAY, WISCONSIN HAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST INCREASE OF ADOLESCENT SELF-HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE 21 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:47,700 COUNTRY WITH RATES NEARLY DOUBLING SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 22 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:54,407 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE DOCTORS LIKE MICHELLE PICKETT ARE SEEING MORE KIDS DESPERATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH HELP. 23 00:02:54,474 --> 00:03:04,851 >> 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. 24 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:10,156 >> ONCE A SHIFT? >> OH, YES. UNFORTUNATELY. >> Reporter: DR. PICKETT HAS 25 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:15,328 WORKED IN THE E.R. FOR NINE YEARS. IS THERE ANY GROUP THAT'S NOT BEING IMPACTED? 26 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:21,401 >> NO. WE'RE SEEING IT ALL. KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHO COME FROM VERY WELL-OFF FAMILIES, KIDS WHO 27 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:27,607 DON'T, KIDS WHO ARE SUBURBAN, KIDS WHO ARE URBAN, KIDS WHO ARE RURAL. WE'RE SEEING IT ALL. 28 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:35,615 >> Reporter: THE SURGE OF FAMILIES NEEDING HELP FOR THEIR KIDS HAS REVEALED A DEFICIT OF PEOPLE AND PLACES TO TREAT THEM. 29 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:42,288 ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME TO GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH A THERAPIST IS 48 DAYS. AND FOR CHILDREN IT'S OFTEN 30 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:45,491 LONGER. WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT THE PLACE THEY HAVE TO COME IS THE EMERGENCY ROOM? 31 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:52,031 >> THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR SYSTEM. THE EMERGENCY ROOM SHOULD NOT BE THE PLACE TO GO AND GET ACUTE 32 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:57,804 MENTAL HEALTH CARE WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. WE ARE NOT A NICE CALM ENVIRONMENT. 33 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:03,343 >> BUT THEY'RE DESPERATE. >> YEAH. BUT WE'RE THERE AND WE SEE EVERYBODY. 34 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:08,648 BUT I WISH THERE WERE MORE PLACES THAT KIDS COULD GO TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. >> WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE 35 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:12,552 QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO ANSWER ON THE iPAD. >> Reporter: TO MANAGE THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND HEAVY 36 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:20,660 CASELOAD DR. PICKETT INTRODUCED AN iPAD WITH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT SCREEN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF EVERY CHILD 10 AND 37 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:26,833 OLDER WHO COMES TO THE E.R. FOR ANY REASON. AMONG THE QUESTIONS, HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING THOUGHTS ABOUT 38 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:33,339 KILLING YOURSELF? AND HAVE YOU FELT YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF YOU'RE DEAD? 39 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:38,678 HARSH QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE LIFE SAVERS TO THE KIDS WHO ANSWER THEM. >> WE'VE HAD FOUR KIDS THAT I 40 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:45,184 KNOW OF PERSONALLY THAT CAME IN FOR COMPLETELY UNRELATED PROBLEMS. SO A BROKEN ARM OR AN EARACHE OR 41 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:51,691 WHATEVER IT WAS. AND ACTUALLY WERE ACUTELY SUICIDAL TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEEDED TO TRANSFER THEM TO 42 00:04:51,758 --> 00:04:57,263 INPATIENT FACILITY RIGHT THEN AND THERE. SO WE'RE CATCHING KIDS WHO ARE IN VERY MUCH CRISIS LIKE THAT. 43 00:04:57,330 --> 00:05:02,735 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. 44 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:11,544 >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CDC, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER OF TEENAGE GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN SUICIDAL HAS 45 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:17,450 INCREASED 50% NATIONWIDE SINCE 2019. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL -- >> Reporter: SOFIA JIMENEZ WAS 46 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:22,522 ONE OF THEM. >> I REMEMBER CRYING EVERY NIGHT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I FELT SO ALONE. 47 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:30,563 >> Reporter: SOFIA AND HER FRIEND NINA WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIGH SCHOOL WHEN COVID TURNED THEIR WORLD 48 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:37,704 UPSIDE DOWN. >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUPER SMART KID AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD REALLY GOOD GRADES. 49 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:46,212 AND THEN AS SOON AS THE PANDEMIC HIT I FAILED A CLASS. WHEN I WAS VIRTUAL, I HAD NO MOTIVATION TO DO ANYTHING. 50 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:57,156 I WOULD JUST SIT IN MY ROOM, NEVER LEAVE, AND IT WAS LIKE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DEPRESSION. >> MY MENTAL HEALTH GOT REALLY 51 00:05:57,223 --> 00:06:01,427 BAD, ESPECIALLY MY EATING DISORDER. I WAS BASICALLY HOME ALONE ALL DAY. 52 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:07,200 MY PARENTS, WELL, THEY NOTICED I WASN'T EATING. I WOULD REFUSE TO EAT. SO THEN THEY ENDED UP TAKING ME 53 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:14,307 TO THE HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: SOFIA HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE A BED OPENED UP AT A 54 00:06:14,373 --> 00:06:20,313 PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY. YOUR GENERATION LIKE GOT HIT WITH THIS IN WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN, CAREFREE TIME. 55 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:26,219 WHAT WAS LOST? WHAT DID YOU GUYS LOSE DURING THE PANDEMIC? >> MYSELF. 56 00:06:26,285 --> 00:06:34,494 >> YOURSELF. >> YEAH. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THERE WERE BIG PIECES OF MYSELF THAT 57 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:43,736 WERE DEFINITELY LOST. I LOST FRIENDS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T SEE EACH OTHER. WE COULDN'T GO TO OUR FIRST 58 00:06:43,803 --> 00:06:48,274 HOMECOMING. I COULDN'T HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE 59 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:52,779 THAT BIG OF A DEAL -- >> IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN YOU'RE IN EIGHTH GRADE. >> YEAH. 60 00:06:52,845 --> 00:07:10,963 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 61 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:15,368 THEY ARE. IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING WORSE. >> ARE WE IN CRISIS MODE RIGHT NOW? 62 00:07:15,434 --> 00:07:23,643 >> WE ARE. WE ARE IN CRISIS MODE. AND IT'S SCARY. >> Reporter: TAMMY MACLOUF HAS 63 00:07:23,709 --> 00:07:28,881 WORKED AS A CHILD THERAPIST THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. >> I THINK THERE WAS A HOPE THAT 64 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:35,354 WE'RE BACK IN SCHOOL, THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS AGAIN AND PLAY SPORTS, THAT THIS WOULD ALL GO AWAY. 65 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:41,093 >> HAS IT? >> NO. NO, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE WAIT LISTS ARE LONGER, KIDS ARE 66 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:47,533 STRUGGLING WITH MORE ANXIETY, MORE DEPRESSION. SO WE WERE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 67 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:54,540 >> DID THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATE IT? >> I BELIEVE SO. WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE 68 00:07:54,607 --> 00:08:02,281 PANDEMIC, BUT KIDS HAVE STILL LOST TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS OF SOCIALIZATION, TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION, TWO YEARS OF 69 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:10,489 THEIR WORLD KIND OF BEING SHAKEN UP. SO AS WE GET, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BACK TO NORMAL I THINK KIDS ARE 70 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:16,429 STRUGGLING EVEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC'S OVER, THIS CRISIS ISN'T GOING TO BE OVER. >> Reporter: CDC NUMBERS SHOW 71 00:08:16,495 --> 00:08:26,305 THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE NUMBER OF ADOLESCENTS SAYING THEY FELT PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS WAS UP 40% SINCE 2009. 72 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:33,646 THERE ARE LOTS OF THEORIES ON WHY. SOCIAL MEDIA, INCREASED SCREEN TIME, AND ISOLATION. 73 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:39,719 BUT THE RESEARCH ISN'T DEFINITIVE. THIS PAST MARCH TAMMY MACLOUF WAS TAPPED BY CHILDREN'S 74 00:08:39,785 --> 00:08:45,925 HOSPITAL TO RUN AN URGENT CARE WALK-IN CLINIC SPECIFICALLY OPEN TO TREAT KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH. >> MAY I HELP YOU GUYS? 75 00:08:45,992 --> 00:08:53,532 >> 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 76 00:08:53,599 --> 00:08:57,603 IN THE COUNTRY. >> WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOU? >> MM-HMM. >> AND WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR 77 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:02,875 YOU? >> SO WHEN THEY COME TO OUR CLINIC WE ASSESS THEM AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A THERAPY 78 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:08,414 SESSION. SO WE GIVE THEM SOME INTERVENTIONS. WE GIVE THEM LIKE A PLAN, AN 79 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:12,785 ACTION PLAN. >> Reporter: THE PLANS ARE CATERED TO EACH CHILD'S SITUATION. 80 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:20,626 ACTIONABLE THINGS FAMILIES AND KIDS CAN DO WHILE THEY LOOK FOR A DOCTOR OR FACILITY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM. 81 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:26,198 >> HOW LONG HAVE THE WAIT LISTS BEEN TO GET HELP? >> NORMALLY YOU'RE PUT ON -- YOU'RE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT 82 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:31,437 WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AND THEN -- >> MONTHS? >> YEAH. AND THEN IF YOU WANT A CHILD 83 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:41,480 PSYCHIATRIST YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE MONTHS TO A YEAR. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET THEM HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT 84 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:44,116 IMMEDIATELY? >> AS DAYS GO ON, THE SYMPTOMS GET WORSE. IF YOU HAVE A DEPRESSED CHILD, 85 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:50,022 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY STARTED OUT WHERE THEY WERE FEELING DEPRESSED. AND THEN AS THE DAYS GOES ON 86 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:56,228 THEY'RE SUICIDAL. SO YOU REALLY DO NEED TO GET THAT HELP AND THAT SUPPORT RIGHT AWAY. 87 00:09:56,295 --> 00:10:02,601 >> Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN BRINGER DESPERATELY NEEDED THAT SUPPORT DURING THE PANDEMIC. HE'S A FIFTH-GRADER AT ROOSEVELT 88 00:10:02,668 --> 00:10:07,039 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE. >> HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT? >> YEAH, I WAS 9. 89 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:17,383 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. 90 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:26,592 >> WHEN THEY FIRST SAID HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AT THAT MOMENT? 91 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:32,398 >> HEAVEN. BUT THEN I REALIZED IT'S THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. >> Reporter: OPPOSITE BECAUSE 92 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:39,405 LIKE MILLIONS OF SCHOOL-AGED KIDS AUSTIN WAS FORCED INTO REMOTE LEARNING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND DISCONNECTED FROM 93 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:45,244 FRIENDS. >> IT WAS LIKE THIS SHUT-IN, LIKE THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE IS THROUGH LIKE PHONES OR 94 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:53,052 YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU LIVE WITH. >> Reporter: THAT ISOLATION TOOK A TOLL ON AUSTIN, WHO WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH NEWS 95 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:56,789 THAT HIS PARENTS WERE GETTING A DIVORCE. >> AND THAT'S WHEN I THINK EVERYTHING JUST STARTED TO 96 00:10:56,856 --> 00:11:01,727 MAGNIFY. YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALWAYS ASKING TO SEE HIS FRIENDS. WE COULDN'T. 97 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:09,101 AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE MOMENT THAT HE WAS JUST ON THE FLOOR LIKE KICKING AND PUNCHING THE AIR JUST -- BUT COULDN'T 98 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:16,542 DESCRIBE WHY HE WAS UPSET. >> Reporter: UNABLE TO VENT WITH FRIENDS AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO IN-PERSON THERAPY, AUSTIN'S 99 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:22,882 MOTHER MELISSA SAYS HIS WORLD BEGAN CLOSING IN ON HIM. >> IT FELT LIKE HE WAS INTERACTING LESS AND JUST KIND 100 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:28,054 OF WITHDRAWING INTO HIMSELF AND SPENDING A LOT OF TIME BY HIMSELF. AND I WENT TO GO TUCK HIM IN AND 101 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:34,860 HE SAID, "MOM, I'M HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS." >> AND HE WAS HOW OLD? >> HE WAS 9. 102 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:40,733 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 103 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:49,241 THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS, LIKE JUMPING FROM A BUILDING AND LIKE TAKING A KNIFE FROM MY KITCHEN AND ENDING MY LIFE. 104 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:58,250 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 105 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:07,026 ANTI-SOCIALNESS AND NOT BEING ABLE -- IT ALSO FELT LIKE WITH THE DIVORCE CAME A LOT OF YELLING AND IT FELT LIKE MY 106 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:19,872 PARENTS DIDN'T NEED ME ANYMORE. JUST REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT MOMENT. >> Reporter: DESPERATE, MELISSA 107 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:26,445 CALLED AUSTIN'S PEDIATRICIAN, WHO REFERRED HER TO OUTPATIENT THERAPIST AND INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC PROGRAMS ONLY TO BE 108 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:32,418 TOLD THERE WERE LONG WAITING LISTS AND NO BEDS. >> ALL THIS STUFF IS RACING THROUGH MY HEAD. 109 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:39,925 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? 110 00:12:39,992 --> 00:12:47,533 >> Reporter: IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND KEEP KIDS SAFE WISCONSIN IS TRYING ANOTHER APPROACH THAT'S BEING ADOCUMENTED IN OTHER PARTS 111 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,537 OF THE COUNTRY. >> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? >> Reporter: 17 PEDIATRIC 112 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:57,877 CLINICS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN HAVE INCORPORATED FULL-TIME THERAPISTS INSIDE THEIR OFFICES. 113 00:12:57,943 --> 00:13:06,886 >> LOOK WHO I GOT! >> Reporter: OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT AS PART OF ROUTINE CARE. 114 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:12,725 >> OKAY. SO LET'S START WITH OUR ASSESSMENT. >> Reporter: DR. BRILLIANT 115 00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:18,964 NIMMER WAS THE FIRST PEDIATRICIAN IN MILWAUKEE TO CREATE A THERAPIST'S OFFICE INSIDE HER OFFICE. 116 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:23,736 >> 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 117 00:13:23,802 --> 00:13:28,140 ELSE. >> EXACTLY. AND SO HAVING THE THERAPIST IN OUR CLINIC TO REALLY JUST -- 118 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:32,745 WE'VE GOT A TEAM TOGETHER, DISCUSS THAT PATIENT AND FAMILY TOGETHER, TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER. 119 00:13:32,811 --> 00:13:38,217 BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW THEM. SO WELL. IS SO MUCH BETTER FOR PATIENT CARE. 120 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:45,324 >> Reporter: DR. NIMMER'S CLINIC TREATS AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY WHERE FAMILIES TYPICALLY STRUGGLE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH 121 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:50,095 HELP. THERAPISTS HAVE TREATED MORE THAN 500 KIDS HERE SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. 122 00:13:50,162 --> 00:14:00,439 >> I THINK AS PEDIATRICIANS AND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, LIKE WE CAN NO LONGER JUST SOLELY SAY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, YOU'RE 123 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:06,845 THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF OUR PATIENTS IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH. LIKE THIS IS NOW SOMETHING WE 124 00:14:06,912 --> 00:14:13,352 NEED TO BE DOING TOO. >> Reporter: AUSTIN BRINGER'S PEDIATRICIAN NOW HAS A THERAPIST IN HER OFFICE TOO. 125 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:23,329 THEIR FAMILY WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND REGULAR OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR HIS DEPRESSION. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? 126 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:29,635 >> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE. EVERYTHING'S GOING UP IN MY LIFE. 127 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:38,177 AND KNOWING THAT, LIKE I'M FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS, I'M BUILDING BETTER SOCIAL LIFE, IT'S FUN TO JUST 128 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:44,216 KNOW THERE'S OTHERS THAT LIKE THE SAME THINGS AS ME. >> AUSTIN, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS 129 00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:48,687 STUFF. WHY DID YOU AGREE TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH? >> BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS TO. 130 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:57,896 THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW. MENTAL HEALTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED OR BAD STUFF COULD HAPPEN. 131 00:14:57,963 --> 00:15:06,238 IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT BY YOURSELF, TRY AND CONTACT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR FRIEND, YOUR FAMILY. 132 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:08,607 >> AND TALK ABOUT IT. >> YEAH. 133 00:15:13,946 --> 00:15:28,661 >> Announcer: FIND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR KIDS AND >>> WE AMERICANS SPEND 90% OF OUR TIME INSIDE OF BUILDINGS. 134 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:34,466 YET MOST OF US GIVE LITTLE THOUGHT TO THE ROLE ARCHITECTURE PLAYS IN OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH. 135 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:43,008 TONIGHT WE BRING YOU A STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF AWARD-WINNING YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO HAVE SET OUT TO CREATE A NEW MODEL OF 136 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:48,914 ARCHITECTURE. NOT A PARTICULAR STYLE OF BUILDING BUT A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BUILD, WHO SHOULD 137 00:15:48,981 --> 00:16:01,226 BUILD, USING WHAT, AND FOR WHOM. THEY'RE THEIR NON-PROFIT FIRM BASED IN BOSTON IS CALLED MASS, SHORT FOR 138 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:08,600 MODEL OF ARCHITECTURE SERVING SOCIETY. THEY WERE INSPIRED EARLY ON BY THE WORK OF PAUL FARMER, WHO 139 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:15,274 PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY JUST MONTHS AFTER OUR STORY FIRST AIRED LAST FALL. THOUGH TRAINED AT HARVARD, 140 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:26,151 MASS'S FOUNDERS SAY THEY LEARNED THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS OF ARCHITECTURE DURING TIME THEY SPENT IN OF ALL PLACES RWANDA. 141 00:16:26,218 --> 00:16:36,929 RWANDA IS A COUNTRY MANY PEOPLE KNOW FOR ONE THING, THE 1994 GENOCIDE THAT KILLED MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE. 142 00:16:36,995 --> 00:16:47,606 TODAY RWANDA IS AT PEACE, A BUSTLING NATION OF 13 MILLION WORKING HARD TO LIFT ITS POPULATION OUT OF POVERTY. 143 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:55,481 THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. SEVERAL OF THEM BEING DESIGNED BY MASS. 144 00:16:55,547 --> 00:17:03,055 THOUGH STARTED BY AMERICANS, THE HEAD OF ITS TEAM IN KIGALI TODAY IS RWANDAN ARCHITECT CHRISTIAN BENIMANA. 145 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:07,593 >> I HEARD THAT WHEN MASS STARTED THERE WAS NO WORD FOR ARCHITECT IN YOUR LANGUAGE. >> AND THERE IS STILL NO WORD 146 00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:15,868 FOR ARCHITECT. YOU HAVE AN EXPRESSION. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]. >> MEANING? 147 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:23,208 >> EXPERT IN THE CREATION OF BUILDINGS. >> Reporter: BENIMANA TOLD US HE DREAMED OF CREATING BUILDINGS 148 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:32,618 EVEN AS A LITTLE BOY. BUT WITH NO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN POST-GENOCIDE RWANDA HE HAD TO STUDY IN CHINA 149 00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:35,654 IN MANDARIN. >> EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED AROUND -- >> Reporter: MICHAEL MURPHY, 150 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:40,025 MASS'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAD A VERY DIFFERENT PATH TO ARCHITECTURE. >> I STUDIED ENGLISH LITERATURE. 151 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:45,931 >> THAT'S GOING TO GET YOU FAR IN ARCHITECTURE. >> YES. >> Reporter: MURPHY'S LIFE TOOK 152 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:52,704 A SHARP TURN AFTER COLLEGE, WHEN HIS FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, GIVEN JUST A FEW WEEKS TO LIVE. 153 00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:59,077 MURPHY RUSHED BACK TO POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK TO THEIR OLD HOME THAT HIS DAD HAD SPENT WEEKENDS RESTORING. 154 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:03,916 >> I SAID WHAT CAN I DO WHILE I WAIT HERE ON DEATH WATCH? AND SO I STARTED WORKING ON THE HOUSE. 155 00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:09,154 AND AFTER THREE WEEKS HE WAS STILL ALIVE. SIX WEEKS WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER. 156 00:18:09,221 --> 00:18:15,561 AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF I'D FULLY RESTORED THE BUILDING. HE WAS FULLY IN REMISSION. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WORKING 157 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:22,100 ON THIS HOUSE WITH YOU SAVED MY LIFE, IT HEALED ME. >> WOW. >> THEN I SAID, WELL, I HAVE TO 158 00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:31,143 BE AN ARCHITECT NOW. >> WHEN HE CAME IN WEARING THESE SILVER COWBOY BOOTS -- >> Reporter: ALAN RIX AND MURPHY 159 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:39,151 BECAME FAST FRIENDS AS FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT HARVARD'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN. BUT AS THEY DOVE IN BOTH FOUND 160 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:44,156 SOMETHING WANTING IN THE CURRICULUM. >> WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE HEROISM OF ARCHITECTURE, THE 161 00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:50,529 BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES, THE NAMES OF THE FAMOUS ARCHITECTS. >> Reporter: BUT NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HOW ARCHITECTURE COULD 162 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:59,872 HELP PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. DURING FIRST SEMESTER MURPHY WENT TO A TALK BY ONE OF HIS IDOLS, DR. PAUL FARMER, WHO HAD 163 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:06,945 FOUNDED THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS IN HEALTH TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE NEEDIESY IEST POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 164 00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:11,049 >> HE SAID WE'RE BUILDING HOSPITALS, WE'RE BUILDING CLINICS, WE'RE BUILDING SCHOOLS. AND SO WHEN I WENT UP TO HIM 165 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:15,854 AFTERWARDS TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, HE SAID YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTS HAVE NEVER ASKED US 166 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:22,194 HOW THEY COULD BE OF SERVICE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE OFTEN HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES. 167 00:19:22,261 --> 00:19:28,634 >> WHY WEREN'T ARCHITECTS ATTRACTED TO WORKING WITH YOU? A LOT OF THEM CARE ABOUT THE POOR. 168 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:32,738 >> THEY CERTAINLY DO. BUT THE WAY THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE IS SET UP IS HEY, YOU GIVE US MONEY, WE'LL DESIGN 169 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:38,477 SOMETHING FOR YOU. >> Reporter: SO WHEN MURPHY OFFERED TO VOLUNTEER ON A PARTNERS IN HEALTH PROJECT IN 170 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:45,851 RWANDA THE FOLLOWING SUMMER OF 2007, DR. FARMER SAID BRING IT ON. >> WE GAVE HIM SOME VERY HUMBLE 171 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:49,388 PROJECTS. >> YOU'RE SMILING. MUST BE PRETTY GOOD. >> HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD DESIGN 172 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:55,661 A LITTLE LAUNDRY BUILDING. >> A LAUNDRY BUILDING? WELL, HOW DID THE LAUNDRY LOOK? >> IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. 173 00:19:55,727 --> 00:20:01,833 IT STILL LOOKS GOOD. >> Reporter: SO GOOD HE CALLED MICHAEL MURPHY A FEW MONTHS LATER AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP 174 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:10,275 DESIGN A BRAND NEW HOSPITAL FOR A REMOTE DISTRICT OF 350,000 THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DOCTOR. >> YOU'RE STILL A STUDENT. 175 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:15,581 >> STILL A STUDENT. SO I LOOKED AROUND MY CLASSMATES, SAID THIS CRAZY CALL CAME IN, CAN ANYONE HELP ME? 176 00:20:15,647 --> 00:20:22,087 >> YOU SAID YES RIGHT AWAY. WITHOUT HESITATION. >> YEAH. I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T? 177 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:26,325 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. >> Reporter: BUT WHEN DR. FARMER SAID THEIR FIRST DESIGN LOOKED LIKE AN ARMY BARRACKS, MURPHY 178 00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:34,633 DECIDED TO TAKE A YEAR OFF AND MOVE TO THE SITE, CALLED BUTARO, WHERE FARMER GAVE HIM THREE CHALLENGES. 179 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:40,372 HE SAYS HAVE DEFINED MASS'S WORK TO THIS DAY. THE HOSPITAL SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL. 180 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:47,512 BUILDING IT SHOULD HELP AS MANY LOCAL PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND IT SHOULD HAVE NATURAL AIR FLOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 181 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:55,187 DISEASES LIKE TUBERCULOSIS THAT OFTEN RAN RAMPANT IN ENCLOSED WARDS AND WAITING ROOMS. >> LET ME SHOW YOU THIS IMAGE. 182 00:20:55,253 --> 00:21:03,562 >> Reporter: MURPHY SHOWED US THE DESIGN THEY CAME UP WITH TO MOVE FRESH AIR NATURALLY THROUGH EACH WARD. 183 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:09,034 >> THAT'S SIMPLE PHYSICS WHERE AIR MOVES FROM A LOWER TO HIGHER AREA. >> Reporter: BEDS WOULD GO IN 184 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:15,173 THE MIDDLE, GIVING EVERY PATIENT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. >> BEAUTY MATTERS. THE SPACES AROUND US THAT ARE 185 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:23,215 DESIGNED WITH BEAUTY SAY THAT WE MATTER AS INDIVIDUALS. >> IF I WERE A DOCTOR, WOULDN'T I SAY I CARE ABOUT BEAUTY BUT I 186 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:28,954 WANT A HEART MONITOR FIRST? >> WHY MAKE THIS A CHOICE BETWEEN A HEART MONITOR AND BEAUTY? 187 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:35,127 SURELY WE CAN HAVE BOTH. >> Reporter: WHAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT LIKE FRONT-END LOADERS THAT WERE TOO 188 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:42,901 COSTLY TO GET TO THE SITE. >> AND SO WE ASKED COULD WE DIG IT BY HAND? AND WE DUG THE FOUNDATION BY 189 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:46,938 HAND. EMPLOYED MORE PEOPLE. AND SHOCKER, WE DID IT FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN -- 190 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:52,477 >> THAN IF YOU HAD THE BIG -- >> THAN IF WE HAD THE FRONT-END LOADER. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY 191 00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:56,915 WORKED ON THIS PROJECT TOTAL? >> OVER 4,000 PEOPLE WORKED ON THE PROJECT. >> Reporter: AND INSTEAD OF 192 00:21:56,982 --> 00:22:04,289 TRUCKING IN MATERIALS, THEY DECIDED TO USE VOLCANIC STONE THAT FARMERS HERE CONSIDER A NUISANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO 193 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:12,631 CLEAR IT FROM THEIR FIELDS. >> YOU SEE THE STONE EVERYWHERE. BUT NORMALLY IT'S JUST PILED UP. AND WE THOUGHT, THIS WOULD BE A 194 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:17,235 REALLY VALUABLE MATERIAL IN THE U.S. YOU KNOW, COULD WE USE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY? 195 00:22:17,302 --> 00:22:27,879 >> Reporter: THEY DESIGNED THE WHOLE HOSPITAL FACADE WITH IT. HIRING DOZENS OF LOCAL MASONS AND SPAWNING A NEW INDUSTRY. 196 00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:35,220 THIS WOMAN WHO TRAINED AT BUTARO IS NOW A FOREWOMAN WITH A TEAM OF MASONS SHE TRAINS. >> AND THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THEY 197 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:42,160 SPEND DOING THIS -- >> Reporter: CHRISTIAN BENIMANA, BACK FROM SHANGHAI, WAS IMPRESSED BY THE THOUGHT GIVEN 198 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:50,702 TO THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AND BY GIVING SO MANY PEOPLE WORK, IMPROVING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. >> IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE 199 00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:58,343 PROSPECT FOR A BETTER FUTURE. >> AND GIVE PEOPLE PRIDE IN RWANDA. >> THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME 200 00:22:58,410 --> 00:23:02,814 BECAUSE IT MAKE ME PROUD AS WELL. >> Reporter: HE JOINED THE TEAM AND HELPED DESIGN HOUSING FOR 201 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:09,521 DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL. >> VERY QUICKLY WE HAD A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T MANY OTHER PEOPLE DOING THIS. 202 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:15,527 >> Reporter: THEY DECIDED TO BECOME A NON-PROFIT ARCHITECTURE FIRM. TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT 203 00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:24,236 OTHERWISE COULDN'T AFFORD HIGH-PRICED DESIGNS. THEY'VE BUILT A MATERNITY CARE CENTER IN MALAWI, A CHOLERA 204 00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:32,511 HOSPITAL IN HAITI, SCHOOLS, ALL WITH THE SAME PRINCIPLES OF AIR FLOW, BEAUTY AND CREATING JOBS. A DECADE LATER THEY HAVE A STAFF 205 00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:38,450 OF OVER 200, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM RWANDAN. >> THIS TREE IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL CLOSE UP. 206 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:48,393 >> Reporter: WE VISITED BUTARO HOSPITAL LAST SUMMER. ITS CENTRAL COURTYARD FELT PART MEDICAL CENTER, PART PUBLIC 207 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:54,699 GARDENS. AND ITS COVERED OUTDOOR WAITING ROOM AND HALLWAYS IN THIS TIME OF COVID FELT PRESCIENT. 208 00:23:54,766 --> 00:24:01,406 >> THIS ENTIRE HOSPITAL IS DESIGNED AROUND THAT SIMPLE IDEA THAT AIR FLOW, AIR MOVEMENT ARE THE BASIC PREMISE THAT WE SHOULD 209 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:09,581 DESIGN OUR BUILDINGS AROUND AND IN PARTICULAR OUR HOSPITALS SO THAT PATIENTS DON'T TRANSMIT AIRBORNE DISEASES TO EACH OTHER. 210 00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:17,055 >> Reporter: FOUR HOURS TO THE SOUTH WE WENT TO SEE MASS'S LARGEST PROJECT YET, A 69-BUILDING CAMPUS FOR A BRAND 211 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:26,264 NEW COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE FUNDED BY AMERICAN PHILANTHROPIST HOWARD BUFFETT. >> THIS SPACE IS REALLY WE WANT 212 00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:31,636 TO CREATE A HUB. >> IT'S SPECTACULAR. >> Reporter: WHERE MASS IS PUSHING ITS PHILOSOPHY TO THE 213 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:35,740 LIMIT. AS ALAN RICK SHOWED US, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HERE, FROM THE EARTHEN WALLS -- 214 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:41,279 >> THE LINES YOU SEE ARE THE LAYERS. >> Reporter: -- TO THE FURNITURE. 215 00:24:41,346 --> 00:24:44,382 >> THE WOVEN BACKRESTS OF THESE CHAIRS. >> Reporter: IS BEING MADE LOCALLY. 216 00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:53,091 UNDER CHRISTIAN BENIMANA'S LEADERSHIP MASS STARTED A FURNITURE DIVISION TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL ARTISANS 217 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:58,396 ON CREATIVE DESIGNS. INSTEAD OF ORDERING FROM A CATALOG. >> IT'S ONE THING TO GO TO DUBAI 218 00:24:58,463 --> 00:25:04,603 AND TURKEY AND CHINA AND EUROPE AND GET FURNITURE FROM A SHOWROOM, PUT IT ON A FLIGHT AND BRING IT HERE. 219 00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:11,209 IT'S ANOTHER THING TO FIGURE OUT A SYSTEM THAT CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. >> Reporter: AND IF YOU'RE 220 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:18,717 THINKING MASS'S MODEL COULD NEVER WORK IN THE U.S., MICHAEL MURPHY WASN'T SURE EITHER UNTIL HE WAS CHARGED BY A COMMUNITY 221 00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:25,223 LEADER BACK HOME. >> HE SAID YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS WORK IN HAITI AND RWANDA, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK TO 222 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:30,695 YOUR HOMETOWN AND WORK WITH US IN POUGHKEEPSIE? WE NEED A LOT OF HELP. >> Reporter: POUGHKEEPSIE, LIKE 223 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:38,470 MANY ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRIAL CITIES, HAS SEEN FACTORIES CLOSED, ITS DOWNTOWN CHOKED OFF BY HIGHWAYS, ITS STOREFRONTS 224 00:25:38,536 --> 00:25:45,110 BOARDED UP. TO TOP IT OFF, ITS CREEK FLOODED DURING HURRICANE IRENE. >> WE HAD JUST BEEN IN ONE OF 225 00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:52,050 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 226 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:58,256 THING HERE IN POUGHKEEPSIE? >> Reporter: SO MASS OPENED A SMALL OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND GOT TO WORK. 227 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:03,695 >> RADIANT LIGHT COMING OFF OF THERE. >> Reporter: CONVERTING THE CITY'S OLD TROLLEY BARN INTO AN 228 00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:11,102 ART SPACE AND DESIGNING HOUSING. IT'S HELPING TURN THIS OLD BUILDING INTO A FOOD HALL. >> WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS 229 00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:17,208 BUILDING. >> Reporter: AND CONVERTING THIS LONG-ABANDONED FACTORY INTO A NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 230 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:21,179 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SCENIC HUDSON. >> IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WHOLE OPENING WAS ONCE 231 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:25,717 A WINDOW. >> THAT WAS A WINDOW? >> THAT WAS ALL A WINDOW. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. 232 00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:33,658 >> Reporter: MURPHY SAYS OLD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS WERE DESIGNED TO LET IN FRESH AIR. BUT WITH THE INVENTION OF 233 00:26:33,725 --> 00:26:40,165 AIR-CONDITIONING BIG WINDOWS BECAME A LIABILITY. SO WE SHRUNK THEM AND SEALED OUR BUILDINGS AIRTIGHT. 234 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:48,039 >> THIS IS A SORT OF DEVIL'S BARGAIN BECAUSE IT HAS MADE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE REALLY LIMITED AIR FLOW AND HENCE 235 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:54,479 DURING COVID WE WERE ALL VERY VULNERABLE. >> WE SAW IT WITH THE NURSING HOMES. 236 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:58,950 >> AND THE PRISONS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT COVID WILL CHANGE ARCHITECTURE FOR EVERYBODY? 237 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:09,794 >> EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD IS GOING THROUGH A SHIFT IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND US, THAT THEY MAY MAKE US 238 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:13,999 SICKER, THAT THEY COULD MAKE US HEALTHIER IF THEY WERE BETTER DESIGNED. >> Reporter: MASS'S NEW DESIGN 239 00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:22,040 WILL REOPEN THE WINDOWS. AND LIKE A CUTTING-EDGE VERSION OF THE HOSPITAL IN RWANDA USE A SOLAR-POWERED SYSTEM TO HEAT AND 240 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:30,882 COOL AIR AT EACH WINDOW, ELIMINATING TRADITIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING AND HEATING ENTIRELY. 241 00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:36,721 AND THEY HAVE A PLAN TO TRANSFORM THAT FLOODING CREEK THAT'S BECOME SOMETHING OF A GARBAGE DUMP. 242 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:41,259 >> SOME GUTTERS. WE GET SHOPPING CARTS. >> WHAT IS THAT, AN AIR-CONDITIONER? 243 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:46,765 >> MM-HMM. >> Reporter: MASS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SIERRA BAINBRIDGE CAME HERE WITH IDEAS ABOUT WIDENING 244 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:55,874 THE CREEK TO HELP WITH FLOODING. BUT ALSO -- >> IF YOU'RE TAKING A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE PROBLEM, THEN THE 245 00:27:55,940 --> 00:28:01,746 SOLUTION ALSO BEGINS TO BE A HOLISTIC VIEW. >> Reporter: MASS CAME UP WITH DESIGNS TO TURN THE BLIGHTED 246 00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:07,852 CREEK INTO BEAUTIFUL PARK SPACE THAT WOULD RUN ALL THROUGH POUGHKEEPSIE. >> EACH PROJECT HAS TO NOT SOLVE 247 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:13,324 FOR THAT ONE THING. WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE DESIGN HAVE THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE IMPACT? 248 00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:20,598 >> Reporter: IT'S A LESSON MASS BELIEVES CAN APPLY IN MANY AMERICAN CITIES. THEY HAVE PROJECTS NOW IN 249 00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:26,638 CLEVELAND, BIRMINGHAM AND SANTA FE. AND THEIR GOSPEL OF ARCHITECTURE SERVING SOCIETY HAS REACHED 250 00:28:26,704 --> 00:28:34,379 INSIDE THAT IVORY TOWER WHOSE TEACHINGS THEY ONCE FOUND LACKING. IN 2021 MURPHY TAUGHT LESSONS HE 251 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:39,784 LEARNED IN RWANDA BACK AT HARVARD. >> THERE'S SOME CLEAR SIMPLICITY TO IT. 252 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:44,055 THERE'S THINGS WE HAVE TO BUILD. THERE'S PEOPLE WE HAVE TO HIRE. THERE'S MATERIALS WE HAVE TO USE. 253 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:53,031 AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AS A DESIGN PROJECT, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT MORE IMPACT. >> Reporter: IN JUNE MASS WAS 254 00:28:53,098 --> 00:29:01,873 AWARDED THE HIGHEST HONOR GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARK ARCHITECTS. ITS 2022 ARCHITECTURE FIRM 255 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:20,425 >>> 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 256 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:27,966 HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. WE SPEAK OF KICKERS, WHO SCORE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE POINTS IN THE NFL BUT ONLY GET A SMALL 257 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:35,306 FRACTION OF THE RESPECT. IT WAS BUDDY RYAN, THE HARD-BOILED COACH, WHO ONCE GROWLED "KICKERS ARE LIKE TAXI 258 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:39,277 CABS. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO OUT AND HIRE ANOTHER ONE." AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN JANUARY, 259 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:49,387 ALMOST HALF THE NFL TEAMS REPLACED THEIR KICKERS LAST SEASON AT LEAST ONCE. BUT THEN ONTO THE FIELD JOGS 260 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:53,324 JUSTIN TUCKER OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, WHO CLEAVES THE UPRIGHTS WITH A MIX OF POWER AND PRECISION. 261 00:29:53,391 --> 00:30:00,865 THE RAVENS HAD A ROUGH SEASON. BUT TUCKER IS ON A TRAJECTORY, END OVER END, TO GO DOWN AS PERHAPS THE GREATEST NFL KICKER 262 00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:06,471 THERE EVER WAS. IN TURN ELEVATING THE ENTIRE POSITION. >> THIS IS THE GUY YOU WANT, 263 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:13,745 GREG. >> Reporter: IF THERE WERE ONE SIGNATURE MOMENT FROM THE NFL LAST SEASON, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 264 00:30:13,811 --> 00:30:17,982 THIS. DETROIT LIONS 17, BALTIMORE RAVENS 16. THREE SECONDS LEFT. 265 00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:26,191 JUSTIN TUCKER, THE RAVENS' 32-YEAR-OLD KICKER, LINES UP BEYOND MIDFIELD, BEYOND THE TAIL OF THE LIONS LOGO. 266 00:30:26,257 --> 00:30:31,095 >> THIS IS FOR AN NFL-RECORD 66 YARDS. >> Reporter: AND ACTION. >> ON ITS WAY. 267 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:37,702 >> I FELT THE THUD OF THE BALL. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL 268 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:45,009 I SAW THE BALL HIT THE CROSSBAR. >> IT BOUNCES OFF THE CROSSBAR. AND IT'S GOOD! OH, MY GOODNESS! 269 00:30:45,076 --> 00:30:52,650 >> I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE ALL KNEW THAT WE HAD JUST BEEN A PART OF AN HISTORIC MOMENT. >> Reporter: NOTE THE REACTION 270 00:30:52,717 --> 00:31:01,392 OF HIS COACH, JOHN HARBAUGH. TUCKER'S TEAMMATES WERE EQUALLY GIDDY. >> AH! 271 00:31:01,459 --> 00:31:04,495 LET'S GO! >> Reporter: WHAT MADE IT REMARKABLE? FOR ONE THE SHEER DISTANCE. 272 00:31:04,562 --> 00:31:12,704 BY A MATTER OF INCHES THE 66-YARDER SET A NEW NFL RECORD FOR LONGEST FIELD GOAL EVER. BUT ALSO, SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU 273 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:17,609 HEARD THIS KIND OF SWOONING OVER A KICKER? >> WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOREVER. 274 00:31:17,675 --> 00:31:20,878 >> NO DOUBT. >> SO PROUD OF YOU, MAN. >> HE'S THE BEST EVER. >> BEST EVER? 275 00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:28,953 >> BEST THAT'S EVER DONE IT. >> Reporter: JOHN HARBAUGH SAYS IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF TUCKER'S RECORD BREAKER IN 276 00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:31,789 DETROIT. >> WHAT IS HIS SECRET KICKING SAUCE? >> YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY 277 00:31:31,856 --> 00:31:35,426 TALENTED GUY. LEG STRENGTH, ACCURACY. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE THERE. BUT TO ME THE BIGGEST THING IS 278 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:42,066 JUST THE WAY HE APPROACHES IT. I MEAN, HIS DEMEANOR, PERSONA IN THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, THE BIGGEST KICKS UNDER THE MOST PRESSURE, 279 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:45,837 THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM THE BEST EVER. >> YOU SOUND FIRED UP WHEN YOU SAY THAT. 280 00:31:45,903 --> 00:31:51,109 >> WELL, I'M FIRED UP HE'S OUR KICKER. MAKES US A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM. >> Reporter: TUCKER WEIGHS ONLY 281 00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:56,481 180 POUNDS, BUT HE'S OFTEN RESCUED THE RAVENS. >> JUSTIN TUCKER! >> Reporter: GOING INTO THIS 282 00:31:56,547 --> 00:32:03,388 SEASON TUCKER HAS MADE 58 STRAIGHT FIELD GOALS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME. HE WASN'T DRAFTED. 283 00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:12,130 HE SCORED MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE RAVENS' POINTS SINCE HE'S GOTTEN HERE. IS HE WORTH A FIRST-ROUND PICK 284 00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:14,098 TODAY? >> HE IS. ABSOLUTELY. HE WOULD BE. 285 00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:18,770 >> Reporter: HERE'S THE REAL KICKER, AS IT WERE. ACROSS THE NFL MORE FIELD GOALS ARE BEING MADE FROM LONGER 286 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:24,309 DISTANCES WITH GREATER ACCURACY THAN EVER. BUT THEN THERE ARE WACKY SUNDAYS LIKE THIS ONE LAST OCTOBER. 287 00:32:24,375 --> 00:32:30,381 >> IT'S NO GOOD! >> McPHERSON'S KICK -- >> Reporter: WHEN NORMALLY RELIABLE KICKERS FOR THE PACKERS 288 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:35,920 AND BENGALS -- >> NO GOOD! >> CROSBY FROM 40. IT IS NO GOOD! 289 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:41,626 >> Reporter: -- COMBINED TO MISS FIVE FIELD GOALS IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES. >> WHAT IS GOING ON? 290 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:48,066 >> Reporter: AND THE EXTRA POINT, ONCE ALMOST AUTOMATIC, HAS BECOME MORE OF AN ADVENTURE SINCE THE NFL EXTENDED THE 291 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:55,807 DISTANCE IN 2015. ALL THOSE GAMES HINGING ON THE SMALLEST GUYS ON THE FIELD SPLITTING OR MISSING THOSE TWO 292 00:32:55,873 --> 00:33:02,280 UPRIGHTS. THE OUTCOME WILL DEPEND AS MUCH ON THE MIND AS ON THE FOOT. EVEN FOR JUSTIN TUCKER NERVES 293 00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:10,121 COME INTO PLAY. >> IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING JUST LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING, LIKE -- YOU KNOW, ARE YOU REALLY LIVING? 294 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:15,593 THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF PLAYING THIS POSITION AT THIS LEVEL, IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT, PROCESSING IT, 295 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:21,599 COMPARTMENTALIZING IT, PUTTING IT AWAY, AND THEN STILL GOING OUT THERE AND DOING YOUR JOB. >> CALAIS CAMPBELL! 296 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:28,306 >> Reporter: TUCKER'S TEAMMATE, 6'8" DEFENSIVE LINEMAN CALAIS CAMPBELL, WHOSE JOB INCLUDES BLOCKING KICKS, SAYS HE CAN 297 00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:34,879 DETECT FEAR IN KICKERS WHEN THE GAME'S ON THE LINE. >> REALLY GOOD KICKERS, IT COMES AND ALL THAT CONFIDENCE GOES 298 00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:38,549 AWAY. YOU CAN SEE THEIR NERVOUSNESS IN THEIR EYES. AND VERY FEW KICKERS HAVE THE 299 00:33:38,616 --> 00:33:43,254 ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE. >> YOU SEE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE? 300 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:52,964 >> OH, YEAH, ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: NFL KICKING TITAN MORTEN ANDERSON MADE 583 FIELD GOALS OVER A 25-YEAR CAREER. 301 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:58,436 ANDERSON SAYS KICKERS HAVE NOWHERE TO HIDE. >> WE'RE VERY EXPOSED. OUR PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK IS 302 00:33:58,503 --> 00:34:03,274 IMMEDIATE. IT'S EITHER GOOD OR BAD. >> HOW MUCH OF THIS IS MENTAL? >> I WOULD SAY 90% OF IT IS 303 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:10,047 MENTAL AND THE LAST 10% IS MENTAL. >> IT'S LIKE YOGI BERRA DOES KICKING. 304 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:13,918 YOU HAD A KICK TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. >> YEAH. >> DID YOU FEEL FEAR WHEN YOU 305 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:18,456 WALKED OUT? >> NO, BECAUSE I HAD IN MY MENTAL REHEARSALS THE NIGHT BEFORE IN THE HOTEL, I WOULD DO 306 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:25,229 THREE OR FOUR SCENARIOS. I WOULD REHEARSE THEM IN SLOW MOTION AND REAL-TIME. SO I REMEMBER STANDING ON THE 307 00:34:25,296 --> 00:34:28,900 SIDELINE AND ALL MY TEAMMATES WERE ON THEIR KNEES, THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS. AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO 308 00:34:28,966 --> 00:34:34,305 MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THE CAR. I'M DRIVING THE CAR. >> Reporter: WHEN ANDERSON DROVE 309 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:42,113 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. 310 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:52,190 ANDERSON IS THE SECOND LEADING SCORER IN NFL HISTORY, BEHIND ANOTHER KICKER, FOUR-TIME SUPER BOWL WINNER ADAM VINATIERI. 311 00:34:52,256 --> 00:34:55,493 AND YET -- >> YOU'RE ONE OF ONLY TWO PURE KICKERS IN THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. 312 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:01,399 HOW CAN THAT BE? >> IT'S A GREAT INJUSTICE. ONE OF THE GREATEST INJUSTICES IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. 313 00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:04,268 I'M KIDDING. A LITTLE BIT. >> YOU SCORED I ATHIRD OF THE POINTS, THOUGH. 314 00:35:04,335 --> 00:35:08,005 HOW CAN -- >> CORRECT. IF THE POINT OF THE GAME IS TO SCORE MORE POINTS THAN THE OTHER 315 00:35:08,072 --> 00:35:11,943 TEAM, WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LEADING SCORER ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM? >> Reporter: KICKERS HAVE LONG 316 00:35:12,009 --> 00:35:20,485 BEEN SEEN AS SOMETHING, WELL, FOREIGN, LITERALLY. GUYS BORN IN EUROPE WITH GUYS LIKE GOING LAK AND STENERUD. 317 00:35:20,551 --> 00:35:28,326 MAYBE IT WAS THE BAREFOOT KICKERS IN THE SNOW OR GARY YP RECOMMENDIAN'S LONE PART OF HIS CAREER IN THE SUPER BOWL, NO 318 00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:34,899 LESS, THAT HELPED CREATE A PERCEPTION, KICKERS AREN'T REAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS. AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER FALSE 319 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:38,603 PERCEPTION, THAT KICKING A FOOTBALL AIN'T ALL THAT DIFFICULT. >> YOU EVER HAVE TEAMMATES SAY 320 00:35:38,669 --> 00:35:44,942 KICKING A BALL THROUGH UPRIGHTS, HOW HARD CAN THAT BE? >> EVERY SATURDAY MORNING WE HAD A WALK-THROUGH, AND ALL THE GUYS 321 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:50,314 WANTED TO KICK FIELD GOALS. AND I'M LIKE DON'T DO IT, GUYS, THIS IS NOT MUSCLES YOU'RE USED TO USING. 322 00:35:50,381 --> 00:35:57,722 >> ANYONE ACTUALLY MAKE THE FIELD GOAL WHEN THEY WEREN'T BLOWING OUT THEIR KNEES? >> IT WASN'T A PRETTY SIGHT. 323 00:35:57,788 --> 00:36:00,458 AND I WAS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS, THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL. >> Reporter: THERE ARE SELDOM 324 00:36:00,525 --> 00:36:06,197 BACKUP KICKERS IN THE NFL. SO LOOK WHAT HAPPENED LAST DECEMBER WHEN CAROLINA PANTHERS KICKER ZANE GONZALES INJURED HIS 325 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:13,471 LEG IN WARM-UPS. THE TEAM SCRAMBLED TO FIND ANY PLAYER WHO COULD KICK, HOLDING FIELD AUDITIONS ON THE SPOT. 326 00:36:13,538 --> 00:36:20,378 NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE PANTHERS DIDN'T EVEN TRY A FIELD GOAL OR EXTRA POINT THAT DAY. THEN AGAIN, KICKERS ARE A 327 00:36:20,444 --> 00:36:28,252 SPECIAL BREED. ♪ HOW MANY LINEBACKERS DARE SING OPERA AS A HOBBY? 328 00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:35,960 JUSTIN TUCKER WAS HAPPY TO BELT OUT "AVE MARIA" AT A BALTIMORE CHRISTMAS CONCERT A FEW YEARS AGO. 329 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:46,170 ♪ AVE MARIA ♪ WE HEARD HE'S SHY ABOUT HIS SINGING. >> VERY SHY. 330 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:50,975 HE'S THE LIFE OF THE PARTY IN THE LOCKER ROOM EVERY DAY. >> EVERY DAY YOU SAY. >> OH, EVERY DAY. 331 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:54,946 >> Reporter: KICKERS AVOID FOOTBALL'S VIOLENCE. THEY EVEN PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN FIELD. 332 00:36:55,012 --> 00:37:02,553 SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. >> WE HAD AN NFL KICKER TELL US ALL THE PLAYERS WANT TO BE US DURING PRACTICE AND NONE OF THE 333 00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:10,895 TEAMMATES WANT TO BE US WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. YOU'RE SMILING WHEN I -- >> IT'S BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT. 334 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:15,866 TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM MY TEAMMATES OVER THE YEARS. >> DO YOU BUY IT? >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 335 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:23,341 WE HAVE AN OBVIOUSLY LIGHTER WORKLOAD. WE'RE NOT HITTING OR GETTING HIT. 336 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:29,113 OUR PRACTICES ARE MUCH LESS STRENUOUS THAN BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON OUT HERE WEARING A FOOTBALL UNIFORM. 337 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:33,618 >> Reporter: CONNOR BARTH KICKED FOR FOUR NFL TEAMS OVER A TEN-YEAR CAREER. >> I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE US 338 00:37:33,684 --> 00:37:38,723 DURING PRACTICE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE SNEAK OFF IN CAMP AND PLAY SOME GOLF AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIT STARBUCKS. 339 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:44,128 I ALWAYS SAY IF YOU MAKE YOUR KICKS NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU. >> I THINK I MISHEARD YOU. 340 00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:50,101 YOU DIDN'T REALLY SAY KICKERS SNEAK OFF DURING PRACTICE TO GO PLAY GOLF AND VISIT STARBUCKS. >> I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY WATCH SO 341 00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:54,939 MUCH FILM KICKING. YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAYBOOK WITH A500 PAGES IN IT. YOU HAVE SOME DOWN TIME DURING 342 00:37:55,006 --> 00:38:01,312 THE DAY. >> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT ALL PAR 3s AND PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE. THERE IS A REAL PRECISION TO 343 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:08,419 KICKING A FIELD GOAL, AN EFFICIENT THREE-MAN ASSEMBLY LINE WITH A SNAPPER AND HOLDER. >> HOW LONG DOES IT STAKE FROM 344 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:15,359 THE SNAP UNTIL YOU'RE BOOTING THAT BALL? >> TYPICALLY 1.3 SECONDS, GIVE OR TAKE SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS. 345 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:22,400 >> 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 346 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:28,172 OF GET I GO AKICK BLOCKED BY AN EDGE RUSH. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND SOMEONE'S PUTTING THEIR HAND UP 347 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:34,545 AND BLOCKING THAT KICK. >> EXACTLY. THAT MUSCLE MEMORY THAT GETS DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT YEARS OF 348 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:39,917 PRACTICE THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO THOSE 1.3 SECONDS WHEN THEY MATTER THE MOST. >> Reporter: WE WERE ALSO 349 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:45,756 SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT TUCKER AND HIS FELLOW KICKERS ARE STRIKING A FOOTBALL UNIQUE TO THEM. 350 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:49,894 >> THAT'S DEFINITELY A K BALL RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: A K BALL. THE K STANDING FOR KICKERS. 351 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:54,799 >> 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 352 00:38:54,865 --> 00:39:01,372 YOU CAN. >> I CAN'T GO TOO DEEPLY INTO THE TRADE SECRETS THE MARKESES OUR EQUIPMENT GUYS GO THROUGH TO 353 00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:06,110 PREP THESE GAME BALLS FOR GAME DAY. LEGALLY, I SHOULD ADD. BUT THERE'S A BRUSH THAT HAS 354 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:13,384 BRISTLES ON ONE SIDE. THAT'S THE ONLY TOOL THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE. >> THE BRUSH SMOOTHS THE SIDE OF 355 00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:19,323 THE BALL WHERE THE KICKER'S FOOT MAKES IMPACT. >> I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THE BALL THE 356 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:24,528 QUARTERBACK'S THROWING WITH IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE YOU'RE KICKING WITH. >> NO, K BALL, THE REST OF THE 357 00:39:24,595 --> 00:39:30,000 POSITION PLAYERS DO NOT USE THIS BALL. >> THE PURPOSE OF THIS BALL IS TO SEND IT TO THE MOON WITH MY 358 00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:35,372 FOOT. SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LOOSEN UP THE LEATHER SO WHEN MY FOOT COMPRESSES INTO THE BALL IT 359 00:39:35,439 --> 00:39:39,543 EXPLODES THE OTHER WAY IN A WAY THAT THIS BALL JUST SIMPLY WOULD NOT. >> YOU TALK ABOUT A SWEET SPOT. 360 00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:47,017 >> I TRY TO PICK OUT THE DIMPLES ON THE BALL THAT I'M GOING TO MATCH UP MY FOOT TO. >> REALLY? 361 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:52,022 THE SPECIFIC DIMPLES? >> I TRY TO. IT'S A LITTLE EASIER SAID THAN DONE. 362 00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:59,430 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 363 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:04,735 TOP OF MY FOOT, TRYING TO MATCH IT UP TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FOOTWEAR HERE. 364 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:10,908 >> Reporter: CONNOR BARTH LET US IN ON MORE TRIBAL SECRETS. >> I TAKE LIKE A MACHINE AND GRIND IT DOWN SO THAT MY FRONT 365 00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:16,814 CLEATS ARE COMPLETELY FLAT. THAT WAY WHEN I SWING THROUGH THE BALL IT KIND OF GLIDES THROUGH ALMOST LIKE A GOLF CLUB. 366 00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:23,320 >> THIS PLANTS AND THIS SLIDES? >> >> THIS ONE SLIDES THROUGH. AND THIS ONE IS YOUR PLANT SHOE 367 00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:27,391 THAT KIND OF CATCHES EVERYTHING SO YOU STOP AND YOU KICK. >> IT'S LIKE TWO DIFFERENT GARDEN TOOLS. 368 00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:31,896 >> IT'S PRETTY COOL. >> Reporter: BARTH'S SHOES ARE NOT JUST MISMATCHED. THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE SAME SIZE. 369 00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:38,669 >> 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 370 00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:44,642 SO MUCH TIGHTER THAN MY REGULAR -- SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. BUT I THINK MY FOOT'S GOTTEN SMALLER OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE 371 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:51,649 I'VE BEEN JAMMING MY FOOT INTO ALMOST A TWO SIZE SMALLER SHOE. >> WE MET BARTH ON HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD IN 372 00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:56,253 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS WARMING UP BY KICKING 40-YARD FIELD GOALS WITH NO STEP. 373 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:07,231 TRY THAT SOMETIME. HE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE KICKER'S VULNERABILITY. BARTH MADE 83% OF HIS NFL FIELD 374 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:14,038 GOALS. BUT KICK FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS IN NOVEMBER 2017 BARTH ATTEMPTED A GAME-TYING FIELD GOAL AT 375 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:17,675 SOLDIER FIELD WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT. >> NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> WOW. 376 00:41:17,741 --> 00:41:22,947 >> HOLY MOSES. >> Reporter: HE WALKED OFF THE FIELD DEJECTED. THE BEARS FIRED HIM THE NEXT 377 00:41:23,013 --> 00:41:28,819 DAY. AND HIS CAREER WAS OVER. >> DID YOU THINK YOUR CAREER WAS IN JEOPARDY WITH ONE KICK? 378 00:41:28,886 --> 00:41:36,093 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENDED MY CAREER ON A BETTER NOTE. I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE MIDDLE 379 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,798 FINGERS IN THE CROWD ON MY WAY OUT OF THE -- HEY, CHICAGO BEARS -- CHICAGO FANS ARE THE BEST FANS. 380 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:47,872 >> Reporter: NOW AT AGE 36, HE'S THINKING OF MAKING A COMEBACK. GIVEN THE CHURN AMONG NFL KICKERS, WHY NOT? 381 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:52,509 >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME INCONSISTENCIES THIS YEAR WITH KICKERS. WE'LL GO WATCH SOME GAMES, AND 382 00:41:52,576 --> 00:41:59,483 I'LL HAVE -- YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE MISSES AND ALL MY BUDDIES ARE TEXTING ME YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK. 383 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:03,721 >> YOU'RE WATCHING FOOTBALL ON SUNDAYS, YOU'RE THINKING -- >> I COULD MAKE SOME MORE FIELD GOALS. 384 00:42:03,787 --> 00:42:07,925 YEAH. >> WITH OUR GAME CLOCK DOWN TO ITS FINAL TICKING WE FIGURED IT WAS ONLY FITTING WE SUMMON 385 00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:13,764 JUSTIN TUCKER TO TAKE US OUT. >> I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT 386 00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:16,634 KICKING FOOTBALLS. I'M HAVING THE LOVELIEST TIME RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST A WILD RIDE. 387 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:24,074 >> THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS, MAN. >> IT'S LIKE THAT OLD COUNTRY SONG, DROP KICK ME, JESUS, THROUGH THE GOALPOSTS OF LIFE. 388 00:42:24,141 --> 00:42:34,852 AND HERE WE ARE, JUST LIVING LIFE, MAN. >>> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.