:05:03
"A news story. " Right.
:05:12
Good night.
:05:15
I know the truth about you.
:05:17
I'm flying in some guys from
your unit in Vietnam.
:05:20
Vietnam?
:05:21
Good night.
:05:26
Smoke...
:05:28
... mortar fire, people screaming.
:05:33
We would've all died that day
in that rice paddy...
:05:36
... in Vietnam,
if it hadn't been for Johnny Bubber.
:05:39
Why? What did he do?
:05:40
He pulled us out.
He pulled us out, one by one.
:05:44
I wouldn't be giving no TV interview.
I'd be in my grave.
:05:48
A guy with his name on the wall...
:05:49
... in D. C.,
if it hadn't been for Johnny.
:05:52
Why didn't he get a medal?
:05:55
Wasn't no officers around
to witness it and write him up.
:05:59
It didn't surprise me that he saved
all those people on the plane.
:06:03
He always thought about others,
before himself.
:06:05
After an emotional reunion...
:06:07
... veterans watched as station manager,
James Wallace presented Bubber...
:06:12
... with a check for $1 million.
:06:17
As Bubber reacted to
his sudden wealth...
:06:19
... word came that
the Secretary of the Navy...
:06:21
... responding to a resolution
of the Senate...
:06:24
... has conferred upon John Bubber
the Medal of Honor.
:06:28
When you're out on the streets...
:06:30
... living in your car...
:06:33
... the worst thing,
worse than cold or hunger...
:06:35
... is the feeling that
you're plain useless.
:06:38
You don't matter to a single soul
in the entire world.
:06:41
Nobody really needs you,
and nobody really wants you.
:06:45
So I guess I...
:06:48
... I did what I did...
:06:50
... because I was really trying to
save my life more than anything else.
:06:55
Trying to connect myself
with people again...
:06:58
... to be a part of the whole.