S IOWA SHOWS
US WHY EVERYONE IN TOWN IS ALL
IN FOR JIM.
ERIC: LIKE A KID IN A CANDY
STORE, JIM SCOTT FOUND HIS SWEET
SPOT ON A LONELY HAMILTON COUNTY
ROAD, SURROUNDED BY NOTHING BUT
LUMBER.
IN RETIREMENT, HE'S TURNED
HUNDREDS OF HIS TREES INTO
FURNITURE.
>> EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM, I
BUILT.
ERIC: BUT EVEN MORE LIKE THAT
BUNNY WITHOUT A BATTERY?
JIM STOPS WORKING.
THAT POWER IN HIS POCKET
LITERALLY KEEPS HIM ALIVE.
>> IF I DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT
NOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
ERIC: IT ALL STARTED WITH A
GRENADE.
>> I GOT HIT BY A BOOBY-TRAP,
SHOT A COUPLE TIMES.
ERIC: HE LEFT VIETNAM WITH 3
PURPLE HEARTS AND HIS INSIDES,
OUTSIDE.
ALMOST 50 YEARS LATER, HIS TORSO
STILL CONFUSES DOCTORS.
>> THEY KNEW I HAD TO KIDNEYS
BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ONE.
ERIC: SO LAST FALL, WHEN HIS
HEART WORE OUT TOO?
>> IT WASN'T PUMPING MUCH BLOOD
AT ALL.
ERIC: HIS CARDIOLOGIST GOT
CREATIVE FINDING JUST ENOUGH
, ROOM IN THERE FOR A TINY PUMP.
THERE WASN'T EVEN ROOM FOR A
BATTERY WHICH IS WHY THOSE
, RECHARGABLE ONES ARE THE ONLY
THING KEEPING HIM ALIVE AND WHY
BRAD --
>> THE GUY IS ON HIS THIRD SET
OF GUIDELINES.
ERIC: DAN, AND THE REST OF
STRATFORD WENT TO WORK.
WITHIN DAYS OF HIS SURGERY,
NEIGHBORS BECAME JIM'S TAXI.
>> NO QUESTIONS ASKED, NO MONEY
INVOLVED.
VOLUNTEER EMT'S BUILT A BATTLE
PLAN TO GET THEIR AMBULANCE TO
HIM IN ANY WEATHER.
>> SECONDS ARE TRULY EVERYTHING.
ERIC: THE LOCAL POWER COMPANY
PRIORITIZED HIS LINE.
EVEN DOZENS FROM NEIGHBORING
TOWNS
SPENT HOURS TRAINING.
>> WILLIAMS, ELLSBERG.
ERIC: BECAUSE A NEIGHBOR MIGHT
NEED HELP.
>> I DON'T AND THERE IS ANYTHING
WE COULDN'T ASK OF ANYBODY THAT
THEY COULDN'T BE HERE.
ERIC: BUT ASK AROUND TOWN AND
THEY'LL CLAIM HE'S NOT GETTING
SPECIAL TREATMENT.
HE'S JUST A NEIGHBOR IN NEED.


















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