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- [Brett] All right, you ready?

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- [Ewan] Mm-hmm.

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- [Brett] Okay, so...

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- You want me to put my cape
on or something for this?

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- [Brett] Oh yeah, why
don't you put your cape on?

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That's a good idea.

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- Now I gotta go get
it, it's downstairs.

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- [Brett] I think,

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is it downstairs or
is it over there?

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- [Ewan] Oh it's over here.

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(mellow music)

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- So tell me about that cape.

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- Well I think when
you wear a cape,

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people know that you
want to be a superhero.

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They know immediately
that you want to help

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because that's what
superheroes do.

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- [Brett] So then why
are you wearing it?

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- It's my way of saying
I'm here to help.

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I think things can get better

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and I want to be a part
of making that happen.

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So that's why I'm
wearing the cape.

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(mellow electric guitar music)

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- Today I'm in Cleveland, Ohio.

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I'm outside a house where
something very special happened.

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There's a plaque right outside
and here's what it says.

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This is the house where
Superman was born.

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Writer Jerry Siegel
was a teenaged boy

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who lived here during
the Great Depression,

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one of the toughest
economic times for Cleveland

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and the country.

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Jerry wasn't popular,
he was a dreamer,

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and he knew how to dream big.

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With his best friend,
artist Joe Shuster,

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these two boys created
a bright fantasy world.

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- [Radio Announcer] Faster
than a speeding bullet.

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(bullet whizzing)

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More powerful than a locomotive.

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(train rattling)

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Able to leap tall buildings
in a single bound.

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The infant of Krypton
is now the Man of Steel.

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Superman!

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- The portrayals of
Superman that have made

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the biggest cultural impacts
express a wildly positive idea.

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It's a vision of
goodness within us

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and our heroic potential.

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Now, some people think that the
idea of Superman is outdated

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and overly simplistic.

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That the kind of positive ideals
and goodness he stands for

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are from a naive
era of optimism.

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- Superman is an ideal.

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It's an idea embodied
in a character

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who wears underwear, like kids.

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For adults, I believe
Superman should be the ability

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to remember what it's
like to be a child

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and what it's like to
have lofty, hopeful goals

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and not worry about
your tax bill.

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- I think we have
a Superman problem.

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Superman represents the
best in us, the ideal.

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But today we're not
as focused on ideals.

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We're focused on grim
realities, crisis, division,

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and all the things
that are wrong with us.

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We're finding it harder
to believe in ideals.

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But heroic ideals, the
potentials and possibilities

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within us are the
foundation of hope.

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While our struggles might seem
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the opposite is actually true.

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The more darkness we face, the
more we need bright symbols

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to light our path forward.

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As a filmmaker and a
lifelong fan of superheroes

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my personal mission has
always been sharing stories

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that bring more light and
compassion into the world.

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So I'm packing up my camera
gear to go out in search

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of Superman, not in the
pages of a comic book

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or in a movie
theater, but in us.

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And I have a strong feeling
about where I might find him.

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- You know, the great
thing about the human race

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is for as long as we
have written records,

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the Assyrians, the Egyptians,
the Greeks, the Romans,

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the Japanese, the Chinese,
everybody for thousands

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upon thousands of years
have been telling us

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that the young people, they
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they do not have the
intelligence, they talk back.

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What are we going to do?

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We are in the last days,
obviously, because you just

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look at the young people
and we are doomed.

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The truth is that it's
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changing the world.

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They are making the
world a better place

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and they are taking us
into the future with them.

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- I think young
people often see life

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more clearly and simply,
so I'm headed out

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to talk to them
about these ideals

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that are the foundation of hope.

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- I started dancing when
I was three years old.

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What I love about dancing is

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just how I can express
myself through movements

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and just be open and
be in that moment.

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I was ice skating with my friend
and I fell down on my knee.

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It was hurting a lot and
that's when they sent me

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to get the MRI.

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One night my parents
sat me down in my room

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and then they told me
that I had osteosarcoma,

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and I was like, what is that?

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And I, like, started
crying because I was like,

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that's a big word, what is that?

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Will I be able to dance?

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And then that's when
my Dad was like,

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It's a type of cancer.

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And that's when it kind
of slapped me in the face

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and I was like, why me?

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Why would I get
cancer, you know?

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- She had osteosarcoma
which is a bone cancer.

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So they would go
through the usual chemo

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and then she had to choose
from three surgeries,

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which was either limb salvage

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which was they
would save her leg

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and just put in kind
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or they would have a full leg
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amputated up high,
or rotationplasty.

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- So the surgery I have
is called rotationplasty

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and my cancer was
located in my lower femur

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and spread a little bit to
my knee, so for the surgery

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they took out my knee
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and then they took my lower
tibia, ankle, and foot,

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rotated it 180 degrees backwards

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and reattached it
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So now my ankle acts as my knee

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and whenever I point my ankle,
it straightens the prosthetic

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and whenever I flex my ankle,
it bends the prosthetic.

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So I just put my sock on

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and then I just slide
my foot into the socket

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and it kind of fits like a shoe

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and then I just buckle
these Velcro straps.

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So now whenever I point my
ankle, it straightens the leg

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and whenever I flex,
it bends the leg.

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It took me about a year
just to walk without any

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parallel bars or assistance
and those were like baby steps.

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- [Dad] There's our
first steps, man.

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First solo steps.

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- First real steps.

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- [Dad] Yeah that's awesome.

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- You know one time I went
to physical therapy with her

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and she left there crying
and I was just heartbroken.

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I hated seeing her like that.

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- Learning how to walk
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and hard process and so
I got frustrated a lot

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and then that's when I
would be like why me?

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Why did I have to lose my leg?

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Because that was hard.

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- [Brett] Did you think you
were going to dance again?

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- Well, whenever they first
told me that I had cancer

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I knew that I wasn't
dancing that season.

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What motivated me
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I was like, my brain
was basically saying

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if I take steps
then I can dance.

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- [Ally] I didn't know
if it was possible,

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but I knew if it was for sure
possible, she could do it.

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- I remember when
she first came back

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and we did some private lessons,
just trying to figure out,

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okay, how does
this new leg work?

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What parts of your body do we
need to work on strengthening?

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- I think for all of us, it
was a really good exercise

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in kind of relearning
how to teach steps.

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- I think I just wanted to
stick with it and I kept trying

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and, I mean, I failed
a couple times.

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I mean, everyone does,

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but I just kept
persevering through it.

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- We just teach the steps
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and she makes it work and she
figures it out and she can

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pretty much do everything
that the other kids can do.

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- Five, six, seven, eight.

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(tap shoes rhythmically tapping)

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- Every time Gabi stops
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she looks over at me
and says, was that okay?

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And I know what she's asking.

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She's trying to make sure I'm
getting the footage I need,

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but every time she says
it, something within me

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wants to shout,
it's more than okay.

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And as I watch her
dance, I think to myself,

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if that can happen, imagine
what's possible for me

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and for all of us.

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- When I was seeing
her walk on the walker

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I thought that maybe she'd
be able to do some jazz,

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maybe some ballet, but
never in a million years

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did I think that
she'd be on pointe.

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You are up on your tippy toes,

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so you're on the ends of your
toes and they're in a box.

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They're in a wooden box
where your foot sits

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and your foot is
arched, it's curved,

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and you have to balance up here.

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And the strength that it
takes to get up on pointe

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through your calf muscles
and through your whole legs

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and your ankles have
to be very strong.

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It's really what every
ballerina strives for

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is to go up on pointe.

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- We went to talk to my
prosthetist and we were like

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do you think you could
make us a pointe leg?

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He said, yeah, I
mean, I can try.

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And we came back and he
came up with this whole foot

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and we were amazed.

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- [Dad] There's
Gabi up on pointe,

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on her new prosthetic
pointe foot.

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Very cool.

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- It's hard.

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- [Dad ] That's great.

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Good?

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- It felt pretty cool.

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(mellow music)

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So right now, the foot inside
my prosthetic, right here,

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is actually bent,
so it's flexed,

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but whenever I actually
go up on pointe,

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my foot is on pointe, and then
it's on pointe on the bottom.

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And I'm still learning moves,
but I'm definitely determined

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to try and get better.

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When I look ahead to the
future, I look with hope.

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I mean, I think it'll be okay
because I'll just persevere

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and if something is hard
I'll just keep going.

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- [Brett] So tell
me what is hope?

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- So hope is confidence that

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the future holds
something positive, right?

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Like it's not this wistful
sort of bypassing like I wish,

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I kinda, I sorta.

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Like, it is a confidence in the
fact that my future is good.

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That my future has
positive in it.

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And I think we throw
the word all around.

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Oh I hope it doesn't
rain today, right?

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We throw the word around but
if you really think about it

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it is a belief that good
exists, that good is there,

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that in spite of
my circumstances,

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positive is still out there
and can still happen to me

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or can still happen for
the ones that I love.

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(mellow music)

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- I grew up in the projects,
Section Eight housing.

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Like as a kid, all I would see

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is like everyday, just violence.

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I remember guys coming in
the house, cutting up crack,

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putting guns out on the table.

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You know, I'd come out.

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It'd be like six people
in the street fighting.

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I'm like, this is just what
happens when you get older.

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So as a kid, I just
would always think

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that I'm going to be
that big, bad guy.

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No one's going to mess with me.

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There was a car
sitting right here.

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It was like fine, I'll
run over this car.

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Then like two or three
more guys ran over it

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and a guy just came
out, (mimics shotgun).

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And everyone took off down
the street and he shot again.

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The bullet came so close,

255
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it was like I turned
my head and I saw it.

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It was like slow motion.

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Everyone was like, oh man, that
was fun, that was a thrill.

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It was just, it
wasn't, I don't know.

259
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We didn't think anything
was wrong with it.

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I got arrested a lot,
starting in sixth grade.

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I was kicked out of
three or four schools.

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My mom had got arrested and
I was just living with my

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stepdad at the time and I
was like, you know what,

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I can't take this.

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I'm going to run away.

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He said, go ahead,
you ain't my son.

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And I left.

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To me, hope was setting
yourself up to be let down,

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because I would hope for a
lot of stuff and never got it.

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And hope that things would
change, things didn't change.

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You know, so hope,
to me, didn't exist.

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- I met Randall through my
friend Vicki who started

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an organization that helps
teens who are homeless,

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but the program requires a
strong commitment to school,

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work, and mentorship, and
it's not right for everybody.

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- Every teacher I talked to
said, oh, you do not want to

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take this student
for your program.

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When we looked at
his referral sheet

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it was like, I don't know.

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There's 17 referrals,

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and we're only three
months into the semester.

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I'm not sure.

283
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And when I asked him, well, why
did you get these referrals,

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he would say, well,

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someone bumped into me in
the hall, so I hit him.

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And it was like, okay.

287
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(laughing)

288
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- My first impression
of Randall.

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First of all he was big.

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I was like, gosh, this
is a big old dude.

291
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He was a big guy that I
thought could play football.

292
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- Well, my coach just, Coach
Callahan, he would talk to me

293
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like Randall, you know
you're a good kid,

294
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you just get so mad all the
time and I don't know why.

295
00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,380
And I'm like, Coach, I
don't know why either.

296
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- When he would get angry and
things weren't going right,

297
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the tears in his
eyes, he was hurting.

298
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And so he wanted
something different.

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He didn't like, you could
tell, the way he just acted.

300
00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:23,262
He knew that there
was a different life

301
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that he could have
exposure to or experience

302
00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:28,934
but he just didn't know how.

303
00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:31,570
- I don't think he knew
anything else to do

304
00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:33,606
but to get angry, because
that's all he'd ever done.

305
00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:37,276
And okay, I'll get angry,
I'll get kicked out,

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people'll be mad.

307
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It was a vicious cycle.

308
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- There was something
about him that struck me

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and I said, you know what?

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We're gonna take a risk.

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And we put him in,
and I will tell you,

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for the first eight months, all
Randall and I did was fight.

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Everything was just
really a struggle.

314
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I've seen so many
times where men in his,

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with his experiences,
they stay there.

316
00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:05,271
I saw it as how can I
help him to move forward

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to get out of this?

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Vicki was very
patient with Randall

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and because she was
patient with him,

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it caused me to be
patient with him.

321
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I think he just started
letting his guard down.

322
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- They were saying,
like, hey, you know,

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you got all the characteristics

324
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to be like a great leader
and stuff like this,

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and I'm like, what
are you talking about?

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So it took like after
the sixth or seventh

327
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time I heard it, I'm
like, you know, hey,

328
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you are actually, you don't
have to be a bad person.

329
00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,731
Like, there's good
in you, you know?

330
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My senior year, I didn't
get suspended once.

331
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And like instead of
being the guy in fights,

332
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I was breaking up fights
throughout school.

333
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I'm like, hey, you know,
you can do good in school.

334
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It's okay.

335
00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:43,842
You can actually go to college.

336
00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,778
Like, I never thought about
going to college, whatsoever.

337
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I didn't even think
that was an option.

338
00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:50,282
I was just happy to get
accepted to Coastal.

339
00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:53,352
And it was like, man, I
wanna play college ball.

340
00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:55,688
- I think he believed
that there wasn't anything

341
00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:58,624
you could do that
changed your life.

342
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It was just sort of scripted.

343
00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:03,162
And he realized that
now he was actually

344
00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:07,032
the captain of his journey
and that his effort

345
00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:11,170
could actually
change everything.

346
00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:12,504
- I had that jersey on.

347
00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:15,407
They were like, hey,
number 62, you know,

348
00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:16,642
everyone calls me Big Ran.

349
00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:18,644
They were like, hey,
Big Ran! Go, Big Ran!

350
00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:21,580
You know, I'm just standing
on the sideline just like wow.

351
00:16:21,613 --> 00:16:24,249
I came a long way, you know?

352
00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:25,784
It's a good feeling.

353
00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:30,189
(upbeat marching band music)
(crowd cheering)

354
00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:42,701
- So we can get
caught in this idea

355
00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:44,636
that nothing will change.

356
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:45,471
I'm gonna be just like my dad.

357
00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,840
He was just like
his dad, you know,

358
00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:52,244
go on and on and on and I am
destined to be this, right?

359
00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:55,814
But change absolutely can occur,

360
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:59,752
and you have the control over
that change by one decision,

361
00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:03,422
that's all it takes to
change, one decision.

362
00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:05,691
That will change something.

363
00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:07,393
You are basically a new person.

364
00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:08,494
You're renewed.

365
00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:09,728
And that allows you to make

366
00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,363
another decision and
another decision.

367
00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,866
You set goals, you
approach these goals.

368
00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:16,168
The fact that
change is possible,

369
00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:19,705
that change is an option is
what also is part of hope.

370
00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:22,841
- I tell people now, like,
I used to be this bad guy,

371
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,410
and they're always
like, I can't see it.

372
00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:26,311
You're such a teddy
bear and da-da-da-da.

373
00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:27,880
Like, if you knew
me before this life,

374
00:17:27,913 --> 00:17:29,748
it was something
totally different.

375
00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:32,851
Today, hope is a
real thing, you know.

376
00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:35,120
You can hope for something
and you work towards it,

377
00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:36,555
it can come true.

378
00:17:36,588 --> 00:17:37,756
A lot of people set
themselves up for failure

379
00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:39,825
'cause like they
might try new things,

380
00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:41,026
but they say it's
not gonna work.

381
00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:42,728
But if you tell yourself that,
you can never really do it.

382
00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:44,863
You just, you
gotta stay positive

383
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,766
and you gotta give
yourself a chance.

384
00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:51,437
- Beneath the surface
lies the hero.

385
00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:54,773
It's not that far
removed from who we are.

386
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,278
It just needs the
opportunity, the excuse,

387
00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:02,448
the emergency to come forward.

388
00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:04,683
And so when Superman does that,

389
00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:07,853
we can acknowledge that it's
not that far out of reach.

390
00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:09,888
It's just a very thin layer

391
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,758
that separates us
from being heroes.

392
00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:14,626
- I think there's hope
in knowing that our

393
00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,496
super powers aren't hiding
in some far off place.

394
00:18:17,529 --> 00:18:19,665
They're already with us.

395
00:18:19,698 --> 00:18:21,733
So I'm headed out
to Houston, Texas,

396
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,669
to film with my new friend Sanah

397
00:18:23,702 --> 00:18:25,871
and chat about how we find them.

398
00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:28,474
(mellow music)

399
00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:31,810
Hello, there.

400
00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:33,245
- Hi. (laughs)

401
00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:34,446
- [Brett] I'm just
gonna ask questions

402
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,948
and you just be yourself.

403
00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:36,782
- Okay.

404
00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:38,650
(mellow music)

405
00:18:38,684 --> 00:18:40,519
In the seventh grade, I woke up

406
00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:43,422
and I had basically all of
my hair all over my pillow.

407
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:45,424
And, you know, every time
I would brush my hair,

408
00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,826
I would get huge, huge
clumps in my hand.

409
00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,828
So within two weeks,
I lost all of my hair.

410
00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,797
I could barely even
look in the mirror.

411
00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,465
I felt like I wasn't
the same person.

412
00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,868
I almost felt like a
completely different person.

413
00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:58,937
Alopecia is an autoimmune
hair loss condition.

414
00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:00,806
The way I describe it to
little kids is, you know,

415
00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:03,876
the super heroes in your body
that are there to protect you,

416
00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:06,845
instead, get a little
confused and disoriented

417
00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:09,848
and instead of fighting off
diseases, they fight off hair.

418
00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:11,750
But it doesn't
affect me physically

419
00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:13,752
other than the fact that
I don't have any hair.

420
00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:15,687
You know, in our
culture, it's tradition

421
00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:17,723
to have long,
black, pretty hair,

422
00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:21,927
and I felt like I lost the one
thing that made me beautiful.

423
00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:24,830
I definitely told my mom that
I am not going back to school

424
00:19:24,863 --> 00:19:26,765
until you buy me a wig.

425
00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:28,500
I don't care when it is

426
00:19:28,534 --> 00:19:29,968
and I don't care how
many days I miss,

427
00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,738
but I'm not walking in that
school until this is covered up,

428
00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:34,473
because no one can
know the truth.

429
00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:36,708
- I think she thought that
she could cover it up,

430
00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:40,445
that if she found a
hairstyle that fit her

431
00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:43,382
that she could be a
part of the in crowd

432
00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:44,983
or not stand out so much.

433
00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,618
- Everybody was
just kind of like

434
00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:49,354
this is obviously fake
hair, like, what's going on?

435
00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:50,722
Why is she doing this?

436
00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:52,558
I definitely was
bullied, I just remember

437
00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,893
every day it was something new.

438
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:55,928
- She was scared.

439
00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:57,062
She was really scared.

440
00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:59,898
She was always scared that
someone was gonna hurt her.

441
00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,400
She felt really weak.

442
00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,035
- They made like a burn page

443
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:05,304
and you're supposed to
post, like, mean statuses.

444
00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:07,773
Someone had gone and made
a specific one about me

445
00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:10,676
and, you know, I remember
the first status they put

446
00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:12,578
was like, Sanah
Jivani wears a wig.

447
00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:14,479
And I remember that was one of
the worst nights of my life,

448
00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,415
'cause I just felt like
something so personal

449
00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:18,550
that was a secret to me,
like I know people knew,

450
00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:19,952
but it was a secret to me,

451
00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:21,920
was just out there
for everyone to read.

452
00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,922
It was just pushing me
down this downward spiral,

453
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:26,425
you know, until I really
did hit rock bottom.

454
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,560
And I think at that
point, I made the decision

455
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,630
that you're gonna start
taking positive steps

456
00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:33,298
to help yourself.

457
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,767
- The summer before we
entered high school,

458
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:39,871
I think she was just ready
to take a new route in life,

459
00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,674
take a different side
and say this is me.

460
00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:43,909
You can't change me.

461
00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:46,645
And became very bold
in her decision.

462
00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:47,913
- I made the big decision

463
00:20:47,946 --> 00:20:49,648
that I wanted to
go without my wig.

464
00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:52,017
- So she released this
Facebook video and it was like,

465
00:20:52,050 --> 00:20:53,752
I mean, it was amazing.

466
00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:55,887
- Sometimes we try to hide
behind our insecurities.

467
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,723
For me, that's my wig.

468
00:20:57,756 --> 00:21:01,627
I told myself that there's
no more hiding, and...

469
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,462
This is who I am.

470
00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:06,465
So (laughs) sometimes
you do feel like a freak

471
00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:09,368
and you do feel like you
don't fit in, but, you know,

472
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:12,704
I have one thing
that no one else has,

473
00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:14,606
and I swear, you have that, too.

474
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,476
You're you, and you should
just take the one thing

475
00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:20,078
that you have and shine.

476
00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,680
'Cause I know you have it.

477
00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:23,048
You're you and that's great.

478
00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:25,017
And you can just
take that and shine.

479
00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:27,953
So yeah, this is me all natural,

480
00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:29,121
and it's gonna stay that way.

481
00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:30,789
- She was just kind of like,

482
00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:32,457
I'm not gonna wear the wig
anymore because I don't need it

483
00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:34,826
and I think that was,
you know, that was great

484
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:35,994
because she doesn't need it.

485
00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,729
She's beautiful without the wig.

486
00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,998
And she never needed the wig.

487
00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,634
- I felt like I was gonna
throw up the whole time.

488
00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:44,369
But, you know, I did it.

489
00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:47,906
I think for me, personally,
every time I put on that wig,

490
00:21:47,939 --> 00:21:50,909
it was a symbol of
hiding who I really am

491
00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:52,744
and I felt like I was
hiding my true self

492
00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:54,012
from the whole world.

493
00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:55,981
When I went without my
wig, it's literally like

494
00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:58,984
the sun started shining again,
and all my favorite things

495
00:21:59,017 --> 00:22:01,153
started feeling like
my favorite again.

496
00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:03,955
All the things that I love
started coming back into my life

497
00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:05,157
and I began to love them again.

498
00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,492
I thought of the times that I
went through in eighth grade

499
00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:09,494
and how awful I felt,
and I thought of

500
00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:11,063
all the kids who are
possibly going through that

501
00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:13,398
and I thought I can't just
sit here and not help,

502
00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:15,167
I've got to do
something to help.

503
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,502
And so that's kind of where
I came up with the basis

504
00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:19,004
for that idea of Natural Day.

505
00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:21,073
What if there was a
day where everybody

506
00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:22,974
in the whole world could
just be who they are?

507
00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:25,143
What if there was a day where
you didn't have to be afraid

508
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,878
or you didn't have to hide?

509
00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:29,014
- Sanah, I think,
became convinced,

510
00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:30,849
that she could have
a positive impact.

511
00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:33,919
Not only people with
her specific condition,

512
00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:37,089
but anybody who
has an insecurity.

513
00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:39,124
- I always say that
on Natural Day,

514
00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:40,826
I challenge people to let go

515
00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:41,927
of the one thing
that holds them back,

516
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,930
whether it's something
physical like hair or makeup,

517
00:22:44,963 --> 00:22:46,198
or in my case, it was my wig,

518
00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,500
or something internal
that they struggle with

519
00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,803
like they've struggled
with bullying or abuse,

520
00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:53,939
or, you know, something
difficult and heavy

521
00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:56,541
in the past that they wanna
share and open up about

522
00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:58,009
and feel free from.

523
00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,145
Natural Day is in 17 schools.

524
00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:02,748
It's in 28 different
countries around the globe

525
00:23:02,781 --> 00:23:05,550
through the hashtag, so through
the social media movement,

526
00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:07,119
it's in 28 different countries.

527
00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:10,155
- You know, I can't fly and
bullets don't bounce off of me.

528
00:23:10,188 --> 00:23:12,657
But I can do certain
things that can

529
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:13,959
enrich the world around me,

530
00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:16,461
that can make the lives
of people I know better.

531
00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:18,196
It's about embracing who you are

532
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,098
and living into who you are

533
00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:23,168
in such a way that benefits
the world around you.

534
00:23:23,201 --> 00:23:25,971
- I really used
to close my heart

535
00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:27,139
when I was going
through all of this.

536
00:23:27,172 --> 00:23:29,207
I just kept it in a
box and I locked it up

537
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,543
and I didn't let anyone
access it or help me.

538
00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:33,245
But this was kind
of like me breaking

539
00:23:33,278 --> 00:23:36,615
some of those chains and
opening up and sharing my heart

540
00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:38,917
and a lot of people
would really relate to me

541
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,585
and really understand
what I was going through.

542
00:23:40,619 --> 00:23:42,154
So I just had to teach
myself, you know,

543
00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:45,123
as long as I'm doing
what I love to do,

544
00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,125
and I'm doing it
with all of my heart,

545
00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:49,261
and I have to make sure I'm
being the kind of person

546
00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:51,029
that I want to be
every single day.

547
00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:54,566
I don't think anything
else matters to me.

548
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:57,903
- There are things that
are pertinent in the moment

549
00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:00,138
and there are things that last.

550
00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,174
And one of the things,
really is Superman.

551
00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:06,111
That even if no one's
ever read a comic book,

552
00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:07,813
they know who Superman is.

553
00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:11,216
And they know some fundamental
things about that character.

554
00:24:11,249 --> 00:24:15,253
So to kill that character
really strikes at

555
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,123
the core of what
people hold dear.

556
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,761
It's just, that's part
of what makes us us.

557
00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:26,965
- This is Superman number 75,
and he dies in this issue.

558
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,537
It was a huge news story when
this happened in the 1990s.

559
00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:34,306
- Everyone said
it was impossible

560
00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:36,174
that Superman could be dead.

561
00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:37,309
- Can it be true?

562
00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:39,678
Superman will die November 18th.

563
00:24:39,711 --> 00:24:42,781
- This is the deluxe
poly bag edition

564
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,184
that I bought as a teenager.

565
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:50,188
After a lifetime of
seeing bright, full-color

566
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:54,059
Superman covers, this
one is in stark contrast

567
00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:57,195
I have never seen what's
inside of this poly bag,

568
00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:59,865
and today I'm gonna open it up.

569
00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:03,134
As a weekly comic book reader,
I knew he wouldn't stay dead,

570
00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,270
but for many casual fans who had

571
00:25:05,303 --> 00:25:07,339
fond childhood
memories of Superman,

572
00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:11,543
I think this felt like a
sad cultural proclamation.

573
00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:15,914
There is also a black
collectible armband included.

574
00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:19,184
So Superman represents
our highest virtues,

575
00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:22,320
our most noble selves,
and here I am wearing

576
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:26,725
my Superman is dead
collectible armband. (laughs)

577
00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:29,027
That's kind of depressing.

578
00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,830
But I think, for many
of us, it rings true.

579
00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:33,932
Superman is dead sounds like

580
00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:36,835
many of the headlines
we see every day.

581
00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:40,105
- This negativity
bias is always there

582
00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:43,341
and it's gotten to
a point where it is

583
00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:47,746
baked into the very business
model of traditional media

584
00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:50,982
because even if you look at
developmental psychology,

585
00:25:51,016 --> 00:25:54,119
our brains are wired to
pay attention to danger

586
00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:58,323
more than comfort and hope and
things that are not threats.

587
00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:01,993
So of course we would be
more attentive to that.

588
00:26:02,027 --> 00:26:05,263
It's easier to grab
somebody's attention

589
00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:08,700
by screaming danger than
it is with screaming joy.

590
00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,402
And the news media
are indulging in it

591
00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:13,004
and that is the business
model, exploiting that,

592
00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,340
because that is how you get
people to pay attention.

593
00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:18,410
- You never have a
neutral calming title.

594
00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:21,279
It's always a
sensational, you know,

595
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:24,149
this will be the end of the
world type of horrifying,

596
00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,952
and because that drives our,
oh, I gotta read this, click.

597
00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:29,688
- When we are under
fear and we feel like

598
00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:32,223
a saber tooth tiger is
constantly about to attack us,

599
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:36,328
we narrow our focus, it trains
us to look for the negative.

600
00:26:36,361 --> 00:26:38,830
It starts training
us to be helpless.

601
00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:40,365
It starts training us to be

602
00:26:40,398 --> 00:26:42,767
so narrow focused on
what could be in danger

603
00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:44,836
that we stop
looking and we start

604
00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:47,906
deleting and distorting
everything we can
be positive about,

605
00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,808
everything we can
be hopeful about,

606
00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:51,409
and that's a big challenge.

607
00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,345
- There are an infinite amount
of good things happening.

608
00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:55,380
There are an infinite amount
of bad things happening.

609
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,382
But the question is, you know,

610
00:26:57,415 --> 00:26:59,384
what do we do with
that information?

611
00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:00,385
What do we do?

612
00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:02,354
What can we do?

613
00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:05,223
And that's what
we need to answer.

614
00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:08,460
- [Brett] Is your dad teaching
you how to play the drums?

615
00:27:08,493 --> 00:27:11,129
- No, I just do it myself.

616
00:27:11,162 --> 00:27:12,931
- [Brett] I see.

617
00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:15,266
- But dad played
the guitar with me,

618
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,702
so we make our own jams.

619
00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:20,705
(drums clanging)

620
00:27:21,339 --> 00:27:23,408
(upbeat music)

621
00:27:23,441 --> 00:27:26,711
Oh, I guess I gotta turn around.

622
00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:28,279
- So this is my friend, Violet,

623
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,415
and we, I'm in Seattle today.

624
00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:32,917
So Violet is four,
five years old.

625
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:34,252
You're five years
old, right, Violet?

626
00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:35,453
- Yes!
- Yeah, Violet--

627
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:36,855
- And I'm 42 inches.

628
00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:39,024
I'm almost 43 inches.

629
00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:41,826
- She has a genetic
mutation that

630
00:27:43,361 --> 00:27:47,732
every cell in her body has the
potential to become cancer.

631
00:27:49,768 --> 00:27:53,938
- One day, my mom was playing
with me and she saw this.

632
00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:58,376
- [Brett] Yeah, it was like

633
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:00,779
a shiny thing in
your eye, wasn't it?

634
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:03,181
- Then we went to
doctors and, well,

635
00:28:03,214 --> 00:28:06,284
my doctor is named Dr. Weiss,

636
00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:09,387
and he said that's
definitely a tumor.

637
00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:10,789
- Yeah, yeah.

638
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:11,890
It was--
- Yeah.

639
00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:12,891
- It was a tumor.
- Yeah.

640
00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:14,159
- And it's a very unique,

641
00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:15,360
it was a very unique
kind of cancer.

642
00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:16,528
Do you remember the name of it?

643
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:18,763
- It was retinoblastoma.

644
00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:21,366
- Retinoblastoma.

645
00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:24,335
- She started active
treatment at seven months old

646
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:28,273
and she went through 12
rounds of chemotherapy.

647
00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:30,508
- You also have some things
that are different about you,

648
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,544
and you're kind of like
a superhero, right?

649
00:28:32,577 --> 00:28:35,113
- Yeah, my super power is love.

650
00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:37,515
- Yes, her super power is love.

651
00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:40,385
- And I have another super
power, that I'm strong, see?

652
00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:42,387
(growling)

653
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:43,855
(Brett exclaims)

654
00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:45,323
- [Brett] Go get it, grab it!

655
00:28:45,356 --> 00:28:48,526
- [Violet] Sorry, heh,
it's just my strong move.

656
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,894
- Yeah, that was a strong move.

657
00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:51,162
My goodness.

658
00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:52,464
- They said that it
was the most drastic

659
00:28:52,497 --> 00:28:54,566
reduction in tumor size
that they had ever seen.

660
00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,801
We have her in remission now,

661
00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:59,871
but you still have to
keep coming for her EUAs,

662
00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:01,506
which are exams
under anesthesia.

663
00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:04,476
And so she has to go
to Seattle Children's

664
00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:08,379
every few weeks and she has
been going through these

665
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,015
for four and a half years, now.

666
00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:14,886
You go into this hospital
for all these things

667
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:16,554
and you never know
if today is gonna be

668
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,423
the best day or the worst day.

669
00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:20,425
I mean, that's literally
what it comes down to

670
00:29:20,458 --> 00:29:22,293
every time we walk
in those doors.

671
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:25,830
And she has had this amazing
faith through everything.

672
00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:30,034
- Today, I saw a really,
really grumpy cat

673
00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:34,105
and it hissed at
me, like (hissing)

674
00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:36,040
just like a snake!

675
00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:39,210
(cat meows)
- Okay, be careful.

676
00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:40,145
(Violet laughs)

677
00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:43,047
- She was mad 'cause someone

678
00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:46,584
gave him new food and
he didn't like it.

679
00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:48,520
I don't know why
he's hissing at me

680
00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:51,990
'cause I'm not the one
that gave him the new food.

681
00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:54,859
- She's just this little
light, everywhere we go

682
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,228
and it's, people
are drawn to her,

683
00:29:57,262 --> 00:30:00,298
and I think that it's
because they see her faith.

684
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:01,332
- Fist bump!

685
00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:03,568
Fist bump!

686
00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:05,170
- Hi!
- Hi.

687
00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:06,504
- Awesome.

688
00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,539
- Fist bump!

689
00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:08,606
- Hi!
- Hi.

690
00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:12,977
- (laughs) They told us
that there's a chance

691
00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:15,180
that she wouldn't be
a very social kid.

692
00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:17,949
Clearly, that's not
the case with Violet.

693
00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,551
- Violet delivers
these care packages

694
00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:22,554
to other kids who are going
through cancer treatment.

695
00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,622
She calls them blessing bundles.

696
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:26,457
And when I filmed
with her, we went to

697
00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,059
three different families' houses

698
00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:30,461
where she delivered
these care packages.

699
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,996
I'm looking at the
footage right now

700
00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:35,099
and at one of the
houses when we arrived,

701
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:37,068
there was a lot of
construction going on

702
00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:38,903
and the asphalt
was really torn up

703
00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:41,639
and when she got out of
the car, she bent down,

704
00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,641
she spotted and
picked up something

705
00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,210
that the rest of hadn't noticed.

706
00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:46,477
We'd probably stepped over it.

707
00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:48,546
It was this teeny
tiny little flower,

708
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:51,616
and then in one hand, she
holds onto this flower

709
00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:54,652
and then in the other, she's
carrying this blessing bundle

710
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:57,689
into the house and then she
gives that flower to this

711
00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:00,558
little girl who's been going
through cancer treatment.

712
00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:02,360
Violet saw something beautiful

713
00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:06,197
that so many of us had
missed, and she shared it.

714
00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:08,600
(mellow music)

715
00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:12,637
- (gasps) You
wanna play with me?

716
00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:15,039
Aw, thanks.
- You wanna play with her?

717
00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:19,244
- Mason, I'm so happy you're
here so I can play with you.

718
00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:22,580
That's a good job, Mason.

719
00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:26,618
Looks like you're gonna be
pretty good at this game.

720
00:31:27,685 --> 00:31:29,587
(laughter)

721
00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,689
- I visited three kids
with Violet that day.

722
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,959
Of the three, two of
them have passed away

723
00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,995
while we were editing the film.

724
00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:39,230
But Violet continues to share
these care packages with

725
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:43,201
these kids and their families,
even though it's pretty dark.

726
00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:46,271
- [Shenay] Tomorrow's never
promised, in anyone's life,

727
00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:48,006
but especially in Violet's life,

728
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:51,109
you know, with the deletion
and the mutation that she has.

729
00:31:51,142 --> 00:31:53,578
When you think of how many
cells are in your body,

730
00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:56,581
every single day,
she's a miracle.

731
00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:57,749
Every single day
that she's healthy,

732
00:31:57,782 --> 00:31:59,584
to us, is a huge miracle.

733
00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:02,086
- [Brett] So when I say the
future, think about the future,

734
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,189
how do you do that
for your family today?

735
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:08,660
- Honestly, I don't think
that far into the future.

736
00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,728
That might sound
strange, but I don't.

737
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,664
I don't think
about that far out,

738
00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,599
and I actually think
that's really cool,

739
00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:17,101
when I think about it like
that, now that you've asked me.

740
00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:18,603
Because that makes me believe

741
00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:22,473
that we're really in
the moment. (laughs)

742
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:23,474
- You're a good snuggler.

743
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:24,409
- Oh, thanks.

744
00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:25,610
- You're welcome.

745
00:32:25,643 --> 00:32:27,612
- I did it all myself
'cause I love you.

746
00:32:27,645 --> 00:32:30,581
- Yes, oh, oh, you're so sweet.

747
00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:31,749
You're so sweet.

748
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:36,020
So let me ask you this.

749
00:32:36,054 --> 00:32:39,657
What does the popularity of
a character like Superman

750
00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:43,027
say about us and the
potential that we see

751
00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:45,630
within ourselves, deep down?

752
00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:49,334
- So Superman was
created at a time when we

753
00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:53,538
were starting to get a sense
of our power as human beings.

754
00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:58,710
And one of his early names was
actually The Man of Tomorrow.

755
00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:02,313
With that was this
idea and concept

756
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:05,817
of what we could become as
individuals and as human beings,

757
00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:10,221
and I think, really, today's
phenomenon of super heroes

758
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:14,459
is an extension or
a full realization

759
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:18,296
of what Superman started,
of what we can become

760
00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:20,498
and how we can
make a difference.

761
00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:24,702
We can be that agent of
change and make a better life,

762
00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:26,771
for not only ourselves,
but for others.

763
00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:29,574
(mellow music)

764
00:33:33,878 --> 00:33:36,314
- I got a post card in the mail.

765
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:39,817
My dad brought it inside
when we were raking leaves.

766
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:43,388
- It was a breakfast program
to feed the children in Haiti.

767
00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:46,457
- Haiti is the poorest country
in the western hemisphere.

768
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:47,658
Education's not free.

769
00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:50,328
Most families can't afford to
send their children to school

770
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,330
and if they can, they
can't provide them

771
00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:54,565
with one square meal a day.

772
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:58,770
(class singing in
foreign language)

773
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:06,878
- I think it hit
her that, you know,

774
00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:09,180
coming down and
opening the fridge

775
00:34:09,213 --> 00:34:11,682
just doesn't happen for
everybody in the world.

776
00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:12,683
And it really hurt her.

777
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:13,618
It kind of stung.

778
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:15,186
And I saw it in her face.

779
00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:19,390
- Well, I think children
see in a really simple way.

780
00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:22,860
There's somebody
who needs something.

781
00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:24,896
Why isn't anybody helping them?

782
00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:26,397
- [Sean] And it was instant.

783
00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:28,833
She wanted to figure
out how we as a family

784
00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:32,537
and she as an individual
could help that cause.

785
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:34,739
- So Margaret decided
she would basically

786
00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:36,908
give up her birthday presents.

787
00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:39,210
She asked family and
friends to donate

788
00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:41,245
to the breakfast
program here in Haiti,

789
00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,748
instead of giving her
a birthday presents.

790
00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:46,250
- A lot of people were
like, gee, Margaret,

791
00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:47,552
you're not gonna get presents?

792
00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:48,786
That's the best
part of a birthday.

793
00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:52,457
But then I thought
about the kids in Haiti.

794
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:56,561
They don't have any presents,
and I think their breakfast

795
00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,664
would be kind of like
a present to them.

796
00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:01,766
- [Eileen] We met again and
came up with this great idea

797
00:35:01,799 --> 00:35:04,268
for her to do a personal
fundraising page

798
00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:06,437
on Crowdrise for her birthday,

799
00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:07,939
and Margaret took it from there.

800
00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:10,308
- [Sean] We really
let Margaret drive it.

801
00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:11,943
It's really
Margaret's initiative

802
00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:12,910
that we let her run with it.

803
00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:17,315
- A lot of those donations,
25, 50, 15, $100.

804
00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:19,617
There was people that
Margaret had never met

805
00:35:19,650 --> 00:35:23,187
that were finding her
website and donating.

806
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,756
- There was an anonymous
donor that came into play

807
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:29,293
that said we are going to
match the contributions.

808
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,662
That doubled the value.

809
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:34,866
- Margaret raised $8000
for her eighth birthday,

810
00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:39,270
and that money was able to
feed an entire Haitian school

811
00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,540
a nutritious breakfast
for an entire year.

812
00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:43,908
- [Eileen] Now, once
they get to school,

813
00:35:43,941 --> 00:35:46,444
they get a very nutritious meal

814
00:35:46,477 --> 00:35:49,514
and they're alert and
they can get the education

815
00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:51,315
that they need in
order to provide

816
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:53,417
for their own families
when they get older.

817
00:35:53,451 --> 00:35:55,586
- So I filmed with
Margaret in New Jersey,

818
00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:56,988
and I thought that was it.

819
00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:58,923
But then I found
out that she was

820
00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:01,259
going on an
adventure of her own.

821
00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:04,795
I asked if I could tag
along and she said yes.

822
00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:06,864
So where are we going today?

823
00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:08,833
- We're going to Haiti.

824
00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:12,470
- [Brett] How many trips
have you taken to Haiti?

825
00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:14,539
- Zero, this is my first one.

826
00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:17,542
I think it's gonna
be happy to meet them

827
00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:21,512
because then I get to see
what they're really like.

828
00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,015
- [Brett] What are you thinking
about that language thing?

829
00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:25,449
I mean, are you worried about

830
00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:26,851
how you're gonna be
able to talk to them,

831
00:36:26,884 --> 00:36:28,286
since they speak a
different language?

832
00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:29,954
- I have a dictionary
that I'm borrowing,

833
00:36:29,987 --> 00:36:32,890
so that way I can
learn some words.

834
00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,328
Ooh, hot.

835
00:36:38,796 --> 00:36:41,632
(engine rumbling)

836
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:46,604
(people chattering)

837
00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:50,641
(mellow music)

838
00:36:57,982 --> 00:36:59,417
(speaking in foreign language)

839
00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:01,619
(laughter)

840
00:37:01,652 --> 00:37:03,287
- She was moved by
seeing the children

841
00:37:03,321 --> 00:37:04,922
and how happy they
were, even though

842
00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:07,758
they had a lot less than she
did in the United States.

843
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:11,696
(speaking in foreign language)

844
00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:33,451
- [All] Merci,
thank you very much.

845
00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:36,821
(applause)

846
00:37:41,525 --> 00:37:43,961
- And so I was leaving
and we had just hugged

847
00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:46,731
and they just
wouldn't let go of me.

848
00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:50,935
And all the girls, they
were just on my arms.

849
00:37:52,403 --> 00:37:54,405
Before I came to Haiti, I
thought that I was giving

850
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,841
them a gift, but
then once I got here,

851
00:37:56,874 --> 00:37:59,944
I knew that they were
giving me a gift.

852
00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:02,947
They're so full of joy
and happiness and love.

853
00:38:02,980 --> 00:38:04,982
Helping them is the
best birthday present

854
00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:07,018
I could have ever wished for.

855
00:38:07,051 --> 00:38:09,654
- [Eileen] It's her
gift back to them,

856
00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:11,088
but I think, for these kids,

857
00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,858
to be able to see that
someone as small as they are

858
00:38:13,891 --> 00:38:16,594
can make a huge
difference in the world.

859
00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:19,664
- The cartoons make it
like I fly, I have a cape,

860
00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:23,868
I have a secret identity,
but I know that a super hero

861
00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:25,936
could be just an
ordinary person.

862
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,571
Margaret could be a super hero.

863
00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:31,008
I could be a super
hero, if we help things.

864
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,845
- The question I like
to ask my patients is

865
00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:37,615
if anything in the
world was possible,

866
00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:41,419
what gift would you like
to give to the world.

867
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:44,455
And by connecting with that
and by reminding ourselves

868
00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:46,991
about how we want
to change the world,

869
00:38:47,024 --> 00:38:48,993
that is ultimately
how we can connect

870
00:38:49,026 --> 00:38:50,494
with that sense of hope.

871
00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:52,029
- So many great
things have been done

872
00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:56,434
by people who went to a dark
place and said, I wanna help.

873
00:38:57,868 --> 00:39:00,004
And they may have gone in as
a very small part of something

874
00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:02,840
but they become this
incredible force.

875
00:39:02,873 --> 00:39:05,142
It's kind of like the
single candlelight

876
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:08,913
in a very dark room still
lights up that room.

877
00:39:08,946 --> 00:39:10,748
And it's like the
more light you bring,

878
00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,417
then better and better and
better, but there's darkness,

879
00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:15,453
and there's no escaping
that there's darkness,

880
00:39:15,486 --> 00:39:17,054
but we've gotta believe that

881
00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:19,190
a little bit of light
can be contagious.

882
00:39:19,223 --> 00:39:21,992
(mellow music)

883
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:31,702
- To me, when we had Azaiah,

884
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,738
I had this feeling
of completion.

885
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,539
My family is perfect.

886
00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:39,744
- We have one son and then
we have five girls in a row.

887
00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:42,546
A little brother...

888
00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:45,850
Is a really special thing.

889
00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:49,820
- I Remember coming
into the room...

890
00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:57,128
After he was born and
watching him as a little baby

891
00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:03,167
with his little
fingers all curled up,

892
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,103
just crying and looked adorable.

893
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:08,472
- When I went in to get him,

894
00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,443
I knew it wasn't right.

895
00:40:14,512 --> 00:40:17,448
And I watched for
his chest to move

896
00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:20,618
and I watched for him to breathe

897
00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:24,121
and I said, girls,
he's not okay.

898
00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:27,825
And my son, who was 12
at the time, came in,

899
00:40:27,858 --> 00:40:31,562
and I said, Caden,
he's not responsive.

900
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:35,766
I said, we have to call 911,
and we have to call Dad.

901
00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:40,137
And the responsibility
of a 12-year-old

902
00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:44,809
to have to be the one
that calls his dad

903
00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:48,012
to say, I think
my brother's dead.

904
00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:51,248
- I was in my mom and dad's room

905
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:54,518
on the edge of their bed,
holding Azaiah's blanket

906
00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:56,053
and just crying...

907
00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:59,023
Like, bawling, screaming.

908
00:41:01,725 --> 00:41:03,260
(delicate music)

909
00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:05,930
- I made sure my kids were okay

910
00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:07,798
and then I went to the hospital.

911
00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:11,001
And I remember meeting, Serena
came out, as I was coming in,

912
00:41:11,035 --> 00:41:13,137
and she was just crying,
shaking her head,

913
00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:14,672
saying, he's gone.

914
00:41:15,773 --> 00:41:19,543
- I really just remember
just crying a lot.

915
00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:22,046
- I was so mad.

916
00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:23,747
I was...

917
00:41:25,182 --> 00:41:27,184
I was like, I don't
wanna believe that.

918
00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:29,220
Are you sure he's dead?

919
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:33,624
- You never want children
to have to experience death.

920
00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:37,828
And they didn't
just experience it.

921
00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:39,296
They watched it.

922
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:42,233
They watched me do
CPR on their brother.

923
00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:43,868
They watched me scream.

924
00:41:43,901 --> 00:41:46,070
They watched me cry.

925
00:41:46,103 --> 00:41:48,305
And so the confusion
that they felt,

926
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,307
they didn't know
what was happening.

927
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:53,077
They thought they were
gonna go out to dinner

928
00:41:53,110 --> 00:41:56,013
and everything in
a moment changes.

929
00:42:00,284 --> 00:42:03,721
- I was more kind of
thinking about myself

930
00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:10,327
and thinking why would
God do this to me,

931
00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:13,597
basically, that
whole month, so...

932
00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:19,069
- [Brett] And what
was your conclusion...

933
00:42:19,103 --> 00:42:20,271
To that question?

934
00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:21,238
Do you have an answer
to that question?

935
00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:22,573
- Not really.

936
00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:29,580
- Losing your child
is really difficult.

937
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,717
Losing your child in vain...

938
00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:38,923
It is total darkness.

939
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:43,060
And I had to find a reason.

940
00:42:44,428 --> 00:42:46,330
I had to find a purpose.

941
00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:50,334
I had to find something
that made it mean something.

942
00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:56,073
I felt like we all needed to.

943
00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:58,375
- [Brett] Let me
ask you a question.

944
00:42:58,409 --> 00:42:59,209
Can I ask you a question?

945
00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,411
- Mm-hmm.

946
00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:04,615
- [Brett] When people feel sad,
what helps them feel better?

947
00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:08,619
- Having a new friend.

948
00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:14,959
- You know, when kids lose
a brother or a sister,

949
00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:19,763
we know they hurt, and we try
to comfort them as parents,

950
00:43:24,201 --> 00:43:26,270
but when they connect with

951
00:43:26,303 --> 00:43:30,674
other kids who have lost
a brother, lost a sister,

952
00:43:33,043 --> 00:43:34,411
it's really different.

953
00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:36,847
- We all just kind
of started to think

954
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:40,050
we should do something,
we should do something.

955
00:43:40,084 --> 00:43:43,253
- She just said I
think we should start
helping other people

956
00:43:43,287 --> 00:43:46,123
instead of staying
here and doing nothing.

957
00:43:46,156 --> 00:43:49,994
- We kind of threw
around ideas as a family.

958
00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:51,428
Well, what can we do?

959
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:52,930
What can we do for people?

960
00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:54,798
What can we do for kids?

961
00:43:54,832 --> 00:43:59,003
- And then that idea just
kind of popped up with

962
00:44:00,204 --> 00:44:01,372
everybody's little
ideas combined.

963
00:44:01,405 --> 00:44:04,908
- [Serena] The kids decided
that we would do care packages

964
00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:09,013
and we would send things
that made them feel good

965
00:44:09,046 --> 00:44:11,348
and things that comforted them.

966
00:44:11,382 --> 00:44:14,318
- Like that we have
little teddy bears

967
00:44:14,351 --> 00:44:18,722
and some pots, little glass
pots to make some flowers,

968
00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:21,458
if you want to.

969
00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:24,928
- We have blankets,
stuffed animals.

970
00:44:24,962 --> 00:44:29,133
We have a couple of books,
a DVD, and like little cups

971
00:44:31,101 --> 00:44:35,272
with bracelets and just
crafts and toys and stuff.

972
00:44:37,174 --> 00:44:41,245
- We put a little note that
says a little bit about us

973
00:44:41,278 --> 00:44:44,248
and how we have lost
our brother, too,

974
00:44:44,281 --> 00:44:47,151
and it's hand-written by us.

975
00:44:47,184 --> 00:44:49,420
We don't print it like
that, we actually write

976
00:44:49,453 --> 00:44:51,288
a little note at the end.

977
00:44:51,321 --> 00:44:54,525
And we always include
something with

978
00:44:54,558 --> 00:44:57,461
their brother or
sister's name on it.

979
00:44:57,494 --> 00:45:00,330
- I color on them
but not scribble.

980
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:04,334
When I was three, I scribbled
when I was coloring.

981
00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:06,270
- She'll just scribble.

982
00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:09,773
It doesn't really
say anything at all,

983
00:45:09,807 --> 00:45:11,508
but if you ask her what it says,

984
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:15,179
she'll tell you, it
says God loves you.

985
00:45:15,212 --> 00:45:16,880
That's what it says.

986
00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:19,450
- I want more people to know

987
00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,319
that there are still
people that love them.

988
00:45:22,352 --> 00:45:24,021
There's still people,
they're not the only ones

989
00:45:24,054 --> 00:45:26,457
going through this hard time,

990
00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:29,893
that there are other people
who are going through this

991
00:45:29,927 --> 00:45:32,463
and that there are
people supporting them,

992
00:45:32,496 --> 00:45:34,865
even though they
might not know them.

993
00:45:34,898 --> 00:45:37,568
- The stuff is
good and it's nice,

994
00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:40,537
but I think more than the stuff,

995
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:44,808
they're able to go
right into the wound

996
00:45:44,842 --> 00:45:48,378
that other kids have
and to love them

997
00:45:48,412 --> 00:45:52,783
in a way and in a place that
not a lot of people can.

998
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:56,320
- When we ourselves
have experienced

999
00:45:56,353 --> 00:46:00,057
really strong pain, a
severe loss or trauma,

1000
00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:03,360
it makes it easier for us
to connect to other people.

1001
00:46:03,393 --> 00:46:06,463
And actually, when we
are able to find meaning

1002
00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:10,467
in that suffering, we're not
only able to heal ourselves,

1003
00:46:10,501 --> 00:46:14,571
we're able to heal other
people, and that's heroic.

1004
00:46:14,605 --> 00:46:17,941
- I'm just glad
that I get to do it

1005
00:46:17,975 --> 00:46:21,311
so people don't feel
forgotten and alone

1006
00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:27,851
when one of the most
important things is lost.

1007
00:46:29,653 --> 00:46:31,922
- [Brett] Do you
like to help people?

1008
00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:36,126
- Yeah, if they fall
down, I just help them up.

1009
00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:39,863
I grab their hand,
I just pull them up.

1010
00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:45,369
- I've watched my kids
and I have learned

1011
00:46:46,570 --> 00:46:49,940
that our capacity to
love is a lot bigger

1012
00:46:51,275 --> 00:46:53,510
than I ever thought it was.

1013
00:46:57,915 --> 00:47:01,885
- I think there is a lot
of good in all of us.

1014
00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:05,589
And I think there
always has been.

1015
00:47:06,523 --> 00:47:08,559
You can read through
history, there's stories

1016
00:47:08,592 --> 00:47:12,563
of heroism and sacrifice,
just amazing stories.

1017
00:47:14,198 --> 00:47:17,201
And, I will also say, there
is evil in the world, too.

1018
00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:18,535
To overcome that evil,

1019
00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:22,940
we do need to elevate the
goodness or the light.

1020
00:47:24,107 --> 00:47:25,175
- The world was not
a nicer, warmer place

1021
00:47:25,209 --> 00:47:27,211
when Superman was created.

1022
00:47:27,244 --> 00:47:30,647
That is the pit of
the Depression, the
brink of world war,

1023
00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:33,650
where people were, you
know, transitioning from one

1024
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:36,587
very difficult period to
another very difficult period

1025
00:47:36,620 --> 00:47:38,956
and here comes this
character that just was

1026
00:47:38,989 --> 00:47:42,492
bright color, full of
optimism, and beyond powerful.

1027
00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:45,062
- Positivity and hope
actually rewires the brain

1028
00:47:45,095 --> 00:47:47,264
to having consistent
positive thoughts

1029
00:47:47,297 --> 00:47:50,367
or hope, feelings of
hope, actually enables you

1030
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,469
to start looking for
the good in things.

1031
00:47:52,502 --> 00:47:53,637
And when you start
seeing the good,

1032
00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:55,539
you start doing the good.

1033
00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:58,575
- Whatever versions of
Superman always seem to click

1034
00:47:58,609 --> 00:48:02,946
are the versions that kind
of rekindle that ideal.

1035
00:48:04,348 --> 00:48:06,617
It's like he touches upon
these primal instincts

1036
00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:10,587
that we have as human
beings to wanna be heroic

1037
00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:13,457
and to look up and to fly,

1038
00:48:13,490 --> 00:48:17,160
to rise above our
problems and our troubles.

1039
00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:20,297
That's the essence of Superman,

1040
00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:22,966
and it's a very human idea.

1041
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,569
(mellow music)

1042
00:48:28,205 --> 00:48:30,407
- My new friend KJ wrote
a book that is being read

1043
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,176
by students in schools
all over the country.

1044
00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:34,411
I recently reached out to KJ

1045
00:48:34,444 --> 00:48:37,948
and challenged him to
a little one-on-one.

1046
00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:41,685
All right, you ready?

1047
00:48:41,718 --> 00:48:44,721
(mellow music)

1048
00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:46,423
Ah! That was terrible.

1049
00:48:46,456 --> 00:48:48,492
KJ, you and I played
some basketball recently,

1050
00:48:48,525 --> 00:48:52,562
a few weeks ago, and I
totally schooled you.

1051
00:48:52,596 --> 00:48:53,497
- I beat you.

1052
00:48:53,530 --> 00:48:57,668
- (exclaims) Oh, wait. (laughs)

1053
00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:02,139
Well, how would you describe
me as a basketball player?

1054
00:49:02,172 --> 00:49:03,173
- Horrible.

1055
00:49:03,206 --> 00:49:04,408
- All right.

1056
00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:05,275
Time out.

1057
00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:08,512
(breathing heavily) Time out.

1058
00:49:08,545 --> 00:49:10,747
So you're kind of an
expert on basketball,

1059
00:49:10,781 --> 00:49:12,215
because you wrote a book

1060
00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:13,684
that has to do with
basketball, didn't you?

1061
00:49:13,717 --> 00:49:17,154
It kind of is about a topic
that is important in your family

1062
00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:18,088
because of a family member.

1063
00:49:18,121 --> 00:49:19,489
Tell me a little bit about that.

1064
00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:23,193
- Well, my uncle's deaf,
so when I go over there,

1065
00:49:23,226 --> 00:49:27,030
I have to use sign
language to communicate.

1066
00:49:27,064 --> 00:49:30,033
Most people in the world don't
know what sign language is,

1067
00:49:30,067 --> 00:49:33,270
so I was thinking we could
teach sign language in the book.

1068
00:49:33,303 --> 00:49:36,340
- KJ's always had,
you know, stories.

1069
00:49:36,373 --> 00:49:37,808
You know, he would
tell me stories.

1070
00:49:37,841 --> 00:49:39,409
You know, it was
just getting him

1071
00:49:39,443 --> 00:49:41,445
to finish it and
write it, you know?

1072
00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:42,646
He would tell me the story.

1073
00:49:42,679 --> 00:49:45,749
I would tell him that sounds
like a really interesting story

1074
00:49:45,782 --> 00:49:47,784
but you have to put it on paper.

1075
00:49:47,818 --> 00:49:49,720
- So teach me a few things.

1076
00:49:49,753 --> 00:49:52,723
- Game is where you do a
thumbs up and you go together.

1077
00:49:52,756 --> 00:49:53,557
- Like that?

1078
00:49:53,590 --> 00:49:54,658
That's game.

1079
00:49:54,691 --> 00:49:58,562
- And different is using
the finger you point with

1080
00:49:58,595 --> 00:49:59,796
and you do this.

1081
00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:00,731
- And you do this.

1082
00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:02,666
Your pointer fingers
away from each other.

1083
00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:04,468
Was there a certain age
where you were like, man,

1084
00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:05,569
I wanna write a book?

1085
00:50:05,602 --> 00:50:06,737
- About four.

1086
00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:08,705
- At four years old, you knew
you wanted to write a book?

1087
00:50:08,739 --> 00:50:11,742
So in the book, it
talks about a character

1088
00:50:11,775 --> 00:50:13,377
who has a challenge.

1089
00:50:13,410 --> 00:50:14,678
What's Kasey's challenge?

1090
00:50:14,711 --> 00:50:16,580
- He's hard of hearing.

1091
00:50:16,613 --> 00:50:18,415
He likes to be like other people

1092
00:50:18,448 --> 00:50:22,552
and he doesn't like wearing
hearing aids by other people.

1093
00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:24,388
- Yeah, his hearing aid
makes him feel different

1094
00:50:24,421 --> 00:50:26,123
so he doesn't want to wear it.

1095
00:50:26,156 --> 00:50:28,091
So let's say there's
somebody who kind of feels

1096
00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:30,761
like they're feeling
very different.

1097
00:50:30,794 --> 00:50:32,429
You know, after writing
this book, what advice

1098
00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:35,165
would you give to someone
who's struggling with that?

1099
00:50:35,198 --> 00:50:39,236
- Not everybody's the same,
like everybody has differences,

1100
00:50:39,269 --> 00:50:41,304
and you can always be yourself.

1101
00:50:41,338 --> 00:50:43,507
- With KJ growing up
with a deaf uncle,

1102
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:47,310
he went to a few schools
where there were kids

1103
00:50:47,344 --> 00:50:50,414
who were autistic or
kids in a wheelchair

1104
00:50:50,447 --> 00:50:53,850
but he has to eats lunch
with them and stuff.

1105
00:50:53,884 --> 00:50:55,752
He hadn't experienced
that before,

1106
00:50:55,786 --> 00:50:57,788
but he understands
that his uncle

1107
00:50:57,821 --> 00:51:01,291
isn't different or anything,
so now with those other kids,

1108
00:51:01,324 --> 00:51:03,627
he wants to be around
them and play with them

1109
00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:05,328
and be their friend
just as well.

1110
00:51:05,362 --> 00:51:07,330
- I love, so much, KJ's
heart in this book,

1111
00:51:07,364 --> 00:51:10,500
because I think it opens
up a world of possibilities

1112
00:51:10,534 --> 00:51:13,437
when we commit
ourselves to learning,

1113
00:51:13,470 --> 00:51:16,807
to hear people who seem
to be different than us.

1114
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,409
So you wanna play some
more basketball soon?

1115
00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:21,611
This time I'm gonna stomp you.

1116
00:51:21,645 --> 00:51:22,879
You're going down!

1117
00:51:22,913 --> 00:51:24,581
- No I'm not.

1118
00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:25,449
- Oh, man.

1119
00:51:26,650 --> 00:51:29,920
- We've become a culture that's
really very individualistic,

1120
00:51:29,953 --> 00:51:33,223
very self-serving,
very self-absorbed,

1121
00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:36,359
and so the idea of a
super hero that really

1122
00:51:36,393 --> 00:51:40,430
challenges that focus, that
preoccupation with ourself.

1123
00:51:40,464 --> 00:51:41,932
In fact, that
sometimes is one of

1124
00:51:41,965 --> 00:51:43,900
the bigger criticisms
of Superman,

1125
00:51:43,934 --> 00:51:45,669
is that he's not flawed enough.

1126
00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:48,305
He's not as neurotic and he
doesn't have as much damage

1127
00:51:48,338 --> 00:51:50,740
or he doesn't have as many
skeletons in the closet.

1128
00:51:50,774 --> 00:51:52,375
But that's what we need.

1129
00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:54,878
We need a super
hero that also isn't

1130
00:51:54,911 --> 00:51:58,281
so preoccupied with himself,
and he models that for us,

1131
00:51:58,315 --> 00:52:00,684
that you can have
a very meaningful

1132
00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:02,819
and exciting, fulfilling life,

1133
00:52:02,853 --> 00:52:06,223
simply by being at the
service of other people.

1134
00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:09,192
(delicate music)

1135
00:52:13,964 --> 00:52:15,031
- Today, I'm in Tennessee.

1136
00:52:15,065 --> 00:52:17,801
I'm about to take a hike
through the Smoky Mountains

1137
00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:19,836
with my new buddy, Emery.

1138
00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:21,271
This is gonna be an adventure.

1139
00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:23,874
(delicate music)

1140
00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:45,962
(laughs) It's okay, I'm alive.

1141
00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:48,331
(Brett exclaims)

1142
00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:50,634
(laughter)

1143
00:52:51,935 --> 00:52:55,605
- [Laurie] Emery was
11 and Devon was seven.

1144
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,877
- Devon, he was standing
on the edge of a boulder

1145
00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:04,281
and I was downstream
a ways from him.

1146
00:53:04,314 --> 00:53:06,917
Of course, the water was
really high and really fast

1147
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:08,752
with all the rain
we'd had that summer.

1148
00:53:08,785 --> 00:53:11,521
- And I turn, I look, and
Devon, at that moment,

1149
00:53:11,555 --> 00:53:15,559
slips off the rock and
down the waterfall.

1150
00:53:15,592 --> 00:53:18,762
I always say that
every mother can see

1151
00:53:18,795 --> 00:53:22,966
three steps ahead of her kid,
and I'm pretty good at that.

1152
00:53:23,833 --> 00:53:25,769
And I didn't see any good steps.

1153
00:53:25,802 --> 00:53:26,903
There were no steps.

1154
00:53:26,937 --> 00:53:30,840
I felt utterly and completely
hopeless in that moment.

1155
00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:33,877
- [Emery] And I
heard his mom scream.

1156
00:53:33,910 --> 00:53:35,478
He was going really fast.

1157
00:53:35,512 --> 00:53:37,948
- I mean, I felt like
I felt Laurie's fear

1158
00:53:37,981 --> 00:53:40,917
and then, almost immediately,

1159
00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:44,421
something inside of
me just kind of knew

1160
00:53:44,454 --> 00:53:47,390
that he was going to
go in after Devon.

1161
00:53:47,424 --> 00:53:51,528
- So Emery kind of made
a snap decision and said,

1162
00:53:51,561 --> 00:53:53,897
if I don't go and
there after him,

1163
00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:54,965
something bad's gonna happen.

1164
00:53:54,998 --> 00:53:59,302
And so Emery just kind
of reacted and jumped in.

1165
00:54:01,705 --> 00:54:04,007
- Sometimes I'm embarrassed,
because I think it's like,

1166
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,076
if I could have stopped
him, I would have.

1167
00:54:06,109 --> 00:54:09,012
I've known people who've
lost a family member

1168
00:54:09,045 --> 00:54:11,781
who dove in to
save someone else,

1169
00:54:12,949 --> 00:54:15,785
and neither one
of them came back.

1170
00:54:15,819 --> 00:54:18,355
You know, I had all
of those thoughts

1171
00:54:18,388 --> 00:54:22,559
going through my mind, of
the danger of the situation.

1172
00:54:24,027 --> 00:54:26,830
I mean, and that was just
a pretty gripping moment.

1173
00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:30,934
- People of character
are the ones who can make

1174
00:54:30,967 --> 00:54:33,036
a split-second decision
to fling themselves

1175
00:54:33,069 --> 00:54:35,538
into the water
after someone else,

1176
00:54:35,572 --> 00:54:38,475
without having a
moment to consider it.

1177
00:54:38,508 --> 00:54:40,076
If he hadn't have jumped in,

1178
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:41,978
no one would have
blamed him one bit.

1179
00:54:42,012 --> 00:54:45,482
It was scary, the
water was very high,

1180
00:54:45,515 --> 00:54:48,018
and no one would have been
upset with him at all,

1181
00:54:48,051 --> 00:54:51,087
but I don't think he even
gave it a second thought.

1182
00:54:51,121 --> 00:54:53,957
- By the time I jumped
in, he was almost to me

1183
00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:56,059
and I pushed him up on a rock

1184
00:54:56,092 --> 00:55:00,030
and then I kind of climbed up
the back side of that rock.

1185
00:55:00,063 --> 00:55:02,699
- I feel like Emery
saved his life.

1186
00:55:02,732 --> 00:55:05,402
- Of course, I think I did
what anyone would have done,

1187
00:55:05,435 --> 00:55:07,637
had they been in my situation.

1188
00:55:07,671 --> 00:55:11,041
I was just the closest
person at that time.

1189
00:55:11,074 --> 00:55:14,477
I had just completed my Boy
Scouts swimming merit badge.

1190
00:55:14,511 --> 00:55:16,613
I felt like I could do it.

1191
00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:17,981
- So after that, we
required that he take

1192
00:55:18,014 --> 00:55:20,083
some lifesaving
classes. (laughs)

1193
00:55:20,116 --> 00:55:22,152
Because I'm like, if he's
gonna jump in the river

1194
00:55:22,185 --> 00:55:24,087
after people, we wanna make sure

1195
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,090
that he has the training,
et cetera, to do that.

1196
00:55:27,123 --> 00:55:28,858
- I mean, if I had
had to take the time

1197
00:55:28,892 --> 00:55:31,061
to think about that and
process that before,

1198
00:55:31,094 --> 00:55:34,798
by the time I jumped in, he
might have been far past me.

1199
00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:37,467
- As adults, we kind of do
this cost benefit analysis,

1200
00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:40,470
you know, like, well, if I do
this, what will it cost me,

1201
00:55:40,503 --> 00:55:42,739
and is this the
right way to do it?

1202
00:55:42,772 --> 00:55:46,776
Sometimes, we just have to
jump in and do the right thing.

1203
00:55:46,810 --> 00:55:50,080
- So it's an attitude
in life in general,

1204
00:55:50,113 --> 00:55:52,148
about are you gonna
be the kind of person

1205
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:53,249
who's reaching out
and helping people

1206
00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:55,618
or are you gonna be the
kind of person who's kind of

1207
00:55:55,652 --> 00:55:59,022
hanging back and letting
other people do the work?

1208
00:55:59,055 --> 00:56:00,990
And I think guys like
Emery are the kinds of guys

1209
00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:03,059
in the world that are
always gonna be the people

1210
00:56:03,093 --> 00:56:04,861
that are gonna stop and help.

1211
00:56:04,894 --> 00:56:07,731
- I think everyone has
that power in them,

1212
00:56:07,764 --> 00:56:09,666
in one way or another.

1213
00:56:09,699 --> 00:56:12,068
Anyone could do something good.

1214
00:56:15,138 --> 00:56:18,174
- There is something that
you bring to this world,

1215
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,176
to your environment,
to your situation,

1216
00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:23,046
to your life, that no
one else can bring.

1217
00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:24,581
It's just for you.

1218
00:56:24,614 --> 00:56:26,750
You're the only one
that is in charge of

1219
00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:28,551
this super power, this ability.

1220
00:56:28,585 --> 00:56:32,756
So when you think about what's
my super power, it's you,

1221
00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:36,760
and it just takes a matter
of time before you realize it

1222
00:56:36,793 --> 00:56:39,162
and you take ownership
of it and you build on it

1223
00:56:39,195 --> 00:56:40,663
and it becomes
this thing you can

1224
00:56:40,697 --> 00:56:42,165
share with the
rest of the world.

1225
00:56:42,198 --> 00:56:44,968
It doesn't have to be this
grand thing that, you know,

1226
00:56:45,001 --> 00:56:48,238
society dictates that
is special or important.

1227
00:56:48,271 --> 00:56:49,973
It can just be something
small within you,

1228
00:56:50,006 --> 00:56:52,041
but you providing
that to someone else,

1229
00:56:52,075 --> 00:56:53,243
that's your super power.

1230
00:56:53,276 --> 00:56:54,978
That is what makes you unique.

1231
00:56:55,011 --> 00:56:56,813
That's what makes
you a super hero.

1232
00:56:56,846 --> 00:56:59,449
(mellow music)

1233
00:57:07,190 --> 00:57:08,892
- Camp Trillium.

1234
00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:10,093
It's a camp for kids with
cancer and their families.

1235
00:57:10,126 --> 00:57:12,862
It's a place for them to be a
family together and reconnect

1236
00:57:12,896 --> 00:57:16,032
and do things that they're
not usually allowed to do.

1237
00:57:16,065 --> 00:57:19,936
They are just overjoyed
to be a kid again

1238
00:57:19,969 --> 00:57:23,273
and it's really all
of those moments where

1239
00:57:23,306 --> 00:57:25,675
you kind of take for
granted in regular life.

1240
00:57:25,708 --> 00:57:28,111
In an entire year, we'll
see almost 3000 kids,

1241
00:57:28,144 --> 00:57:32,015
and that's every single
year for 31 years.

1242
00:57:32,048 --> 00:57:34,784
So, you know, I'm
not a mathematician,
I'm a camp counselor.

1243
00:57:34,818 --> 00:57:36,619
(laughs)

1244
00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:38,087
I'll leave that to you.

1245
00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:39,889
(children laughing)

1246
00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:41,157
- We went and had
a tour of the camp.

1247
00:57:41,191 --> 00:57:42,625
Hearing some of their stories

1248
00:57:42,659 --> 00:57:44,127
and just seeing how
happy they all were

1249
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:45,728
and how all of them
could forget about

1250
00:57:45,762 --> 00:57:47,597
everything that's going
on outside of this camp

1251
00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:49,866
made me really wanna do
something more to help,

1252
00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:52,168
so I actually asked if
I could volunteer there,

1253
00:57:52,202 --> 00:57:54,137
and at this point, I
was only 13 years old,

1254
00:57:54,170 --> 00:57:56,539
so the lady said
not until I was 18,

1255
00:57:56,573 --> 00:57:57,774
and I did not wanna wait

1256
00:57:57,807 --> 00:57:59,943
five years to help
these kids somehow.

1257
00:57:59,976 --> 00:58:03,012
So I was thinking of other ways
that I could help them out.

1258
00:58:03,046 --> 00:58:04,080
I love swimming.

1259
00:58:04,113 --> 00:58:06,115
I've always been swimming,
my whole entire life.

1260
00:58:06,149 --> 00:58:07,817
So I talked to my
sister about it.

1261
00:58:07,851 --> 00:58:10,854
So one night over dinner, we
just kind of blurted it out,

1262
00:58:10,887 --> 00:58:13,089
like, hey, Mom, I wanna
swim across Lake Ontario.

1263
00:58:13,122 --> 00:58:15,058
And they thought I was crazy.

1264
00:58:15,091 --> 00:58:16,626
And right away they said--

1265
00:58:16,659 --> 00:58:17,260
- No way.

1266
00:58:17,293 --> 00:58:18,828
Not a chance.

1267
00:58:18,862 --> 00:58:20,263
It was like, Annaleise,

1268
00:58:20,296 --> 00:58:22,699
other people do this
stuff, not us. (laughs)

1269
00:58:22,732 --> 00:58:23,733
- We were really persistent.

1270
00:58:23,766 --> 00:58:25,201
Like, we never stopped asking.

1271
00:58:25,235 --> 00:58:28,137
So eventually, my parents
started looking into it.

1272
00:58:28,171 --> 00:58:32,542
So my first ever newspaper
article interview that I did

1273
00:58:33,710 --> 00:58:35,278
was with our local Simcoe
Reformer newspaper,

1274
00:58:35,311 --> 00:58:38,348
and she asked me, so what's
your goal for Camp Trilium,

1275
00:58:38,381 --> 00:58:40,350
and my parents and I had
never talked about it yet,

1276
00:58:40,383 --> 00:58:42,819
so I just blurted out 30,000,

1277
00:58:42,852 --> 00:58:44,220
thinking that, oh yeah, that
sounds like a good number.

1278
00:58:44,254 --> 00:58:45,889
That's what people
usually raise.

1279
00:58:45,922 --> 00:58:47,323
After I left, my parents
look at me and they're like,

1280
00:58:47,357 --> 00:58:49,926
Annaleise, we are never
gonna get $30,000.

1281
00:58:49,959 --> 00:58:52,095
How do you think
we're gonna do that?

1282
00:58:52,128 --> 00:58:54,597
- We trained pretty
much every night,

1283
00:58:54,631 --> 00:58:58,801
and we would go three to
five kilometers, every night.

1284
00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:01,271
She's built for
power, not speed,

1285
00:59:01,304 --> 00:59:03,172
and she'll be the
first to admit it.

1286
00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:05,642
She'll swim a long, long
way, but not very fast.

1287
00:59:05,675 --> 00:59:07,710
- When you see the Olympics
and all the swimmers

1288
00:59:07,744 --> 00:59:09,178
that go to the
Olympics, you see, like,

1289
00:59:09,212 --> 00:59:13,349
6'5", huge guys, and,
well, I'm 4'11". (laughs)

1290
00:59:14,817 --> 00:59:16,819
There was a lot of people
who told me I couldn't do it.

1291
00:59:16,853 --> 00:59:18,288
I'm too short, I'm too small.

1292
00:59:18,321 --> 00:59:20,957
Lots of people told me that
I wasn't doing it right

1293
00:59:20,990 --> 00:59:23,826
and that I wasn't gonna
make it and I guess

1294
00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:27,764
that just motivated me a
little bit more to do it.

1295
00:59:27,797 --> 00:59:30,033
The traditional
Lake Ontario route

1296
00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:31,301
is the Marilyn Bell route.

1297
00:59:31,334 --> 00:59:33,002
She as the first
person to ever do it,

1298
00:59:33,036 --> 00:59:35,171
and she actually starched
in Niagara-on-the-Lake,

1299
00:59:35,204 --> 00:59:37,941
and then you finish in
Marilyn Bell Park in Toronto,

1300
00:59:37,974 --> 00:59:40,710
and it's 52 kilometers if
you go in a straight line.

1301
00:59:40,743 --> 00:59:44,914
We anticipated it was gonna
be about 15 to 18 hours.

1302
00:59:46,282 --> 00:59:48,117
- In addition to what she
wants to accomplish for herself

1303
00:59:48,151 --> 00:59:51,888
and for Camp Trilium, if
Annaleise completes this swim,

1304
00:59:51,921 --> 00:59:54,090
she will set a world record

1305
00:59:54,123 --> 00:59:57,927
as the young person ever to
swim across Lake Ontario.

1306
00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:59,929
- There's over 70
pages of rules.

1307
00:59:59,963 --> 01:00:02,765
I couldn't touch anybody or
anything the whole entire time.

1308
01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:05,335
So even to feed me, they
used a lacrosse stick

1309
01:00:05,368 --> 01:00:07,203
and they would put the
food in the netting part

1310
01:00:07,236 --> 01:00:09,038
of the lacrosse stick and
I'd have to tread water

1311
01:00:09,072 --> 01:00:11,941
and take the food out and
eat while I'm treading water.

1312
01:00:11,975 --> 01:00:13,176
It started really good.

1313
01:00:13,209 --> 01:00:17,246
We were going like faster than
the pace that we were trying,

1314
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,248
so faster than the 15 hours.

1315
01:00:19,282 --> 01:00:22,685
We were so excited, and
then the night started,

1316
01:00:22,719 --> 01:00:25,388
and that wasn't as exciting.

1317
01:00:25,421 --> 01:00:27,323
- You become very alone,

1318
01:00:27,357 --> 01:00:31,361
and all you have around you
is voices that aren't really

1319
01:00:31,394 --> 01:00:34,697
associated with bodies, and
that's your whole world,

1320
01:00:34,731 --> 01:00:36,699
as they stop you,
feed you, and keep on.

1321
01:00:36,733 --> 01:00:38,901
And it's very isolating.

1322
01:00:38,935 --> 01:00:42,305
And so for a 14-year-old
to experience that,

1323
01:00:42,338 --> 01:00:44,040
is completely different than a,

1324
01:00:44,073 --> 01:00:46,809
like, I was in my early 20s
when I was a marathon swimmer,

1325
01:00:46,843 --> 01:00:49,212
and so I had a little
bit more to go on.

1326
01:00:49,245 --> 01:00:52,915
But it's such a frightening,
scary, lonely place to be.

1327
01:00:52,949 --> 01:00:54,450
And all you want is daylight.

1328
01:00:54,484 --> 01:00:56,886
You want daylight partly
because you can see again,

1329
01:00:56,919 --> 01:00:58,221
but partly because
at night time,

1330
01:00:58,254 --> 01:01:00,390
you're also incredibly cold.

1331
01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:03,493
- Unfortunately, we had awful
weather during the night.

1332
01:01:03,526 --> 01:01:05,361
We were actually going
backwards during the night.

1333
01:01:05,395 --> 01:01:07,196
- You're making forward motion,

1334
01:01:07,230 --> 01:01:09,465
but you could be actually
traveling backwards,

1335
01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:10,967
which is exactly what happened.

1336
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,237
So if she's swimming at
two kilometers an hour

1337
01:01:14,270 --> 01:01:16,472
but the current and
the wind is at three,

1338
01:01:16,506 --> 01:01:18,374
you're losing ground.

1339
01:01:18,408 --> 01:01:21,511
- We had a GPS following
me and we actually did

1340
01:01:21,544 --> 01:01:23,880
two backward triangles
during the night.

1341
01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:26,349
Like, we were not moving
anywhere because of these waves.

1342
01:01:26,382 --> 01:01:28,418
- We had always planned
for it to be around 16,

1343
01:01:28,451 --> 01:01:30,887
so when you start getting
around 20, you're thinking,

1344
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:34,057
aw, how much can she
have left in the tank?

1345
01:01:34,090 --> 01:01:35,892
- [Rob] She was ready to quit.

1346
01:01:35,925 --> 01:01:37,460
She was exhausted.

1347
01:01:37,493 --> 01:01:41,864
She was mentally burnt out,
fighting all this darkness.

1348
01:01:43,266 --> 01:01:45,368
- I mean, the thing that really
kept me going during my swim

1349
01:01:45,401 --> 01:01:47,837
was thinking about all
the kids at Camp Trilium.

1350
01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:49,772
That's what really,
really motivated me.

1351
01:01:49,806 --> 01:01:52,442
And I would have never
thought, in a million years,

1352
01:01:52,475 --> 01:01:53,643
I would swim across the lake.

1353
01:01:53,676 --> 01:01:56,946
It was totally the Camp Trilium
motivating me to keep going.

1354
01:01:56,979 --> 01:01:59,515
- And when the sun come
up, that lifted her spirit,

1355
01:01:59,549 --> 01:02:03,853
just ever so slightly, and then
she got a $10,000 donation,

1356
01:02:05,021 --> 01:02:07,190
and that just, that was
it, she was finishing.

1357
01:02:07,223 --> 01:02:10,393
And then her total
started just skyrocketing.

1358
01:02:10,426 --> 01:02:12,428
She wanted to raise
$30,000, and she,

1359
01:02:12,462 --> 01:02:14,564
still out on the
lake, we were at 80,

1360
01:02:14,597 --> 01:02:18,434
and then it went over 100,
and it was just unbelievable.

1361
01:02:18,468 --> 01:02:22,171
- [Crowd] Annaleise,
Annaleise, Annaleise!

1362
01:02:24,107 --> 01:02:26,476
(crowd cheers)

1363
01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:29,445
- [Man] She did it!

1364
01:02:29,479 --> 01:02:32,248
(crowd cheers)

1365
01:02:34,417 --> 01:02:36,586
- So it was supposed to take
between 15 and 18 hours.

1366
01:02:36,619 --> 01:02:38,054
That was our original plan.

1367
01:02:38,087 --> 01:02:39,255
That's what we had trained for.

1368
01:02:39,288 --> 01:02:40,590
That's what everyone thought.

1369
01:02:40,623 --> 01:02:43,526
It ended up taking
almost 27 hours.

1370
01:02:45,128 --> 01:02:48,397
- So far and still
counting, $193,000--

1371
01:02:50,633 --> 01:02:53,302
(crowd cheers)
To Camp Trilium.

1372
01:02:53,336 --> 01:02:55,371
- And I think sometimes
we feel so small

1373
01:02:55,404 --> 01:02:56,572
that we don't
realize that there's

1374
01:02:56,606 --> 01:02:58,040
something else that we can do,

1375
01:02:58,074 --> 01:03:00,009
and I think that what she's done

1376
01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:01,511
is shown people that they matter

1377
01:03:01,544 --> 01:03:03,946
and that they can
make a difference.

1378
01:03:03,980 --> 01:03:06,549
(mellow music)

1379
01:03:07,917 --> 01:03:10,086
- Today, I'm with Annaleise
back at Camp Trilium,

1380
01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:12,355
where this adventure
first started,

1381
01:03:12,388 --> 01:03:14,457
to do something very special.

1382
01:03:14,490 --> 01:03:15,558
- This is my favorite swim.

1383
01:03:15,591 --> 01:03:19,929
I swim across Rainbow Lake,
which is in Camp Trilium,

1384
01:03:19,962 --> 01:03:21,864
and I get to do it
with all the kids

1385
01:03:21,898 --> 01:03:23,499
that are at the camp
during that week.

1386
01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:24,600
- [Man] Two!

1387
01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:25,535
One!

1388
01:03:25,568 --> 01:03:26,969
Go!

1389
01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:29,472
(children screaming)

1390
01:03:29,505 --> 01:03:31,574
- You know they may
be facing a lot of

1391
01:03:31,607 --> 01:03:34,043
trials and tribulations and
times where they're like

1392
01:03:34,076 --> 01:03:37,480
I can't even leave my house
because of this illness

1393
01:03:37,513 --> 01:03:41,317
and Annaleise is
swimming Great Lakes,

1394
01:03:41,350 --> 01:03:42,585
and so they think about that,

1395
01:03:42,618 --> 01:03:44,353
and they're like,
I can get to camp.

1396
01:03:44,387 --> 01:03:45,621
I can climb those high ropes.

1397
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:48,024
I can swim in Rainbow Lake.

1398
01:03:48,057 --> 01:03:50,593
I can go to school and
I can make friends.

1399
01:03:50,626 --> 01:03:54,030
And that's what she
inspires in people.

1400
01:03:54,063 --> 01:03:55,531
- [Counselor] Every family
here is on a journey,

1401
01:03:55,565 --> 01:03:57,667
and I think when they do
the swim with Annaleise,

1402
01:03:57,700 --> 01:04:00,303
it inspires them to know
that they can finish

1403
01:04:00,336 --> 01:04:01,637
their journey, too.

1404
01:04:04,340 --> 01:04:06,943
- One of the themes that a
lot of writers come back to

1405
01:04:06,976 --> 01:04:08,544
when they talk about Superman

1406
01:04:08,578 --> 01:04:11,147
is not that Superman
is this great hero

1407
01:04:11,180 --> 01:04:14,417
because he has all
these great powers,

1408
01:04:14,450 --> 01:04:17,486
it's because he makes
other people more heroic,

1409
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:21,891
'cause they always go, like,
if I can just be like Superman,

1410
01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:26,529
this person sets a
kind of moral benchmark

1411
01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:30,933
that other people who want to
do something, try to match.

1412
01:04:33,269 --> 01:04:34,470
Right?

1413
01:04:34,503 --> 01:04:35,538
And because they
try to match this

1414
01:04:35,571 --> 01:04:39,575
high moral benchmark,
they create a new context,

1415
01:04:40,977 --> 01:04:42,712
where that becomes the
new benchmark, right?

1416
01:04:42,745 --> 01:04:46,949
So, all these people
who want to do something

1417
01:04:46,983 --> 01:04:49,485
are trying to reach this
high moral benchmark

1418
01:04:49,518 --> 01:04:52,088
that this person, who could
literally do whatever he wants,

1419
01:04:52,121 --> 01:04:54,690
has set, and never
deviates from.

1420
01:04:55,758 --> 01:04:57,660
(applause)

1421
01:04:57,693 --> 01:04:58,995
- Hello, everyone.

1422
01:04:59,028 --> 01:05:00,630
I'm Ewan and I'm nine years old.

1423
01:05:00,663 --> 01:05:03,599
Even when I was a little kid,

1424
01:05:03,633 --> 01:05:06,969
any time we'd go
downtown, I wanted to help

1425
01:05:07,003 --> 01:05:10,339
people holding signs
or asking for food.

1426
01:05:11,707 --> 01:05:14,677
So when I was seven,
I asked my parents

1427
01:05:14,710 --> 01:05:18,481
if I could dress up like a
super hero and help people.

1428
01:05:18,514 --> 01:05:21,717
We go down to Detroit
and help the homeless.

1429
01:05:21,751 --> 01:05:24,287
I help them by giving them

1430
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,356
clothes, toiletries,
bedding, and food.

1431
01:05:27,390 --> 01:05:30,693
And I hope I'm really
making a difference.

1432
01:05:32,561 --> 01:05:35,164
- So I came to Detroit
to film with Super Ewan,

1433
01:05:35,197 --> 01:05:38,234
but I quickly realized that
perhaps the greatest impact

1434
01:05:38,267 --> 01:05:40,336
is not the work
itself he's doing,

1435
01:05:40,369 --> 01:05:43,306
but the way it's inspiring
hope in other people.

1436
01:05:43,339 --> 01:05:44,640
And this became really clear

1437
01:05:44,674 --> 01:05:45,808
when I met with the
restaurant owner

1438
01:05:45,841 --> 01:05:50,413
who supplies a lot of the
food for Super Ewan's mission.

1439
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:53,316
- I had a narcotic problem.

1440
01:05:53,349 --> 01:05:55,184
To be honest with
you, it was crippling.

1441
01:05:55,217 --> 01:05:59,388
I probably been in every
jail in this state.

1442
01:06:00,589 --> 01:06:02,224
I'm not proud to say
I have 18 felonies.

1443
01:06:02,258 --> 01:06:04,493
Day out of jail,
I had zero hope.

1444
01:06:04,527 --> 01:06:06,629
This kid, he comes
in here all the time.

1445
01:06:06,662 --> 01:06:09,465
I've been open, I've
known him for three years,

1446
01:06:09,498 --> 01:06:10,700
and this is weekly.

1447
01:06:10,733 --> 01:06:11,801
I've seen him out
in this parking lot

1448
01:06:11,834 --> 01:06:14,737
where it's raining, snowing,
and he's all draped up.

1449
01:06:14,770 --> 01:06:19,141
And I mean, this kid, he's
just a forever optimist.

1450
01:06:20,710 --> 01:06:24,613
- I mostly do all my
stuff in this cape.

1451
01:06:24,647 --> 01:06:27,783
I've had this as long
as I can remember.

1452
01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:30,119
- [Brett] So it's
dirty now, isn't it?

1453
01:06:30,152 --> 01:06:31,220
It's kind of a little--
- Yeah.

1454
01:06:31,253 --> 01:06:32,488
- [Brett] Yeah.

1455
01:06:32,521 --> 01:06:34,623
- I think I'm gonna
ask Mom to wash it.

1456
01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:36,726
- [Brett] It's
probably a good idea.

1457
01:06:36,759 --> 01:06:39,628
- There is the forever
addict that probably doesn't

1458
01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:43,599
plan on doing anything different
but what they're doing.

1459
01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:45,501
But then there's
probably these people

1460
01:06:45,534 --> 01:06:47,236
that just fell on
some hard times.

1461
01:06:47,269 --> 01:06:49,672
And when you see a kid willing
to come out and help you,

1462
01:06:49,705 --> 01:06:51,807
I really think that
that's what his impact is.

1463
01:06:51,841 --> 01:06:54,143
Here's this kid, and then
he's back here the next week,

1464
01:06:54,176 --> 01:06:55,678
and he's back here
the next week,

1465
01:06:55,711 --> 01:06:57,346
and he's back here
the next week.

1466
01:06:57,380 --> 01:07:00,182
That's where his hope
will really shine,

1467
01:07:00,216 --> 01:07:01,817
and I think these people
are thinking to themselves,

1468
01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:03,619
you know, there is
good in this world.

1469
01:07:03,652 --> 01:07:07,456
You know, maybe I can step
out and go apply for that job.

1470
01:07:07,490 --> 01:07:09,291
Maybe I can go to
that boardinghouse

1471
01:07:09,325 --> 01:07:11,727
and start building up a resume.

1472
01:07:13,529 --> 01:07:16,098
My self esteem's been
shot for years, obviously.

1473
01:07:16,132 --> 01:07:18,234
So for a kid like
that with a pure heart

1474
01:07:18,267 --> 01:07:20,703
to really think that I'm a
great guy, that's awesome.

1475
01:07:20,736 --> 01:07:23,539
(laughs) Yeah.

1476
01:07:24,740 --> 01:07:27,376
- Hope inspires hope,
and I think even when

1477
01:07:27,410 --> 01:07:31,380
you're in your darkest
hour, if you're able to stop

1478
01:07:31,414 --> 01:07:34,884
and move past this
current surrounding

1479
01:07:34,917 --> 01:07:37,686
and everything that
seems dark in the world,

1480
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:40,823
and hold onto a point
of light of hope

1481
01:07:40,856 --> 01:07:43,692
and try to bring
that to an action,

1482
01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:46,896
then you're better off
than most anybody else.

1483
01:07:46,929 --> 01:07:49,432
You have something that
other people don't.

1484
01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:52,568
And just that smile
brings hope to others.

1485
01:07:52,601 --> 01:07:54,570
- It's not hard to help people.

1486
01:07:54,603 --> 01:07:57,706
You can keep some socks
and snacks in your car

1487
01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:00,142
to help people in need.

1488
01:08:00,176 --> 01:08:03,813
You can talk to someone
who looks lonely.

1489
01:08:03,846 --> 01:08:08,217
Every little thing helps and
can make someone feel happy.

1490
01:08:09,385 --> 01:08:10,853
In conclusion, when
you see a problem,

1491
01:08:10,886 --> 01:08:13,856
the best thing you can do
is something, anything.

1492
01:08:13,889 --> 01:08:16,792
And remember, we can all
be a super hero to someone.

1493
01:08:16,826 --> 01:08:17,860
Thank you.

1494
01:08:17,893 --> 01:08:20,629
(applause)
Any questions?

1495
01:08:20,663 --> 01:08:23,232
(crowd cheers)

1496
01:08:30,539 --> 01:08:32,241
- Some people want
to be the person

1497
01:08:32,274 --> 01:08:33,943
who stands up for what's right.

1498
01:08:33,976 --> 01:08:35,377
They want to be the person

1499
01:08:35,411 --> 01:08:37,746
who lends a hand to
the person in trouble.

1500
01:08:37,780 --> 01:08:39,849
They want to be the
figure that shows up

1501
01:08:39,882 --> 01:08:42,218
when all other hope is lost.

1502
01:08:43,385 --> 01:08:46,722
And when they do, when
they show up to provide

1503
01:08:46,755 --> 01:08:49,692
that inspiration, they
really do make Superman real,

1504
01:08:49,725 --> 01:08:51,660
in every way that counts.

1505
01:08:51,694 --> 01:08:53,863
In every way that counts.

1506
01:08:53,896 --> 01:08:57,967
- When the world looks
dark and impossible,

1507
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:01,904
when the future seems
a grim and evil place,

1508
01:09:02,838 --> 01:09:04,206
there's still hope.

1509
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:06,942
It is the final
irresistible force,

1510
01:09:06,976 --> 01:09:10,813
and you can ride that hope and
you can hold onto that hope

1511
01:09:10,846 --> 01:09:12,948
and you can take
it into the future

1512
01:09:12,982 --> 01:09:14,884
and then you can look around

1513
01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:16,919
and go, actually, it's
not as bad as I thought.

1514
01:09:16,952 --> 01:09:19,255
- I don't know
where you are today.

1515
01:09:19,288 --> 01:09:22,791
You may be feeling
stuck or powerless,

1516
01:09:22,825 --> 01:09:27,196
suffering a great loss,
or afraid to take a leap.

1517
01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:29,832
Maybe you're swimming
in the darkness,

1518
01:09:29,865 --> 01:09:32,001
feeling like you're
losing ground,

1519
01:09:32,034 --> 01:09:34,570
or worried that all is lost.

1520
01:09:35,771 --> 01:09:37,840
I don't know how you
feel about tomorrow,

1521
01:09:37,873 --> 01:09:40,776
but after traveling
and filming with

1522
01:09:40,809 --> 01:09:44,813
these young super heroes,
I know this for certain.

1523
01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:48,751
The world is full of
goodness and light

1524
01:09:48,784 --> 01:09:51,353
and compassion and possibility.

1525
01:09:52,555 --> 01:09:56,525
There is so much more to
you, to me, to all of us

1526
01:09:57,960 --> 01:09:59,929
than we know or have seen.

1527
01:10:01,664 --> 01:10:03,766
And that fills me with hope.

1528
01:10:03,799 --> 01:10:06,602
There is so much good in you,

1529
01:10:06,635 --> 01:10:08,804
and I believe you can fly.

1530
01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:13,809
- And as you see
in in your eyes,

1531
01:10:13,842 --> 01:10:17,012
on my shirt, it says
kindness is my jam.

1532
01:10:17,046 --> 01:10:18,914
- It says kindness is my jam.

1533
01:10:18,948 --> 01:10:21,750
- And thank you for
watching our channel.

1534
01:10:21,784 --> 01:10:23,586
- Have a great day!
- Ta ta!

1535
01:10:23,619 --> 01:10:24,420
- Bye bye!

1536
01:10:24,453 --> 01:10:25,487
- Bye bye!

1537
01:10:25,521 --> 01:10:27,990
(upbeat music)