WHY SHE IS >>> THE HAMMER HIT THE BOARD LIKE THAT. WHEN HE DID THAT, IT MADE IT RICOCHET. IT WENT IN THERE, AND IT CAME OUT THERE, AND I STOPPED IN MY CHEST.. >> IT IS TRAUMATIC, EVEN ALL THESE YEARS LATER. >> I WAITED, NOBODY CAME BY AND NOBODY CAME BY. HE SHOT A GUN SEVERAL TIMES. >> THEY EVENTUALLY MADE THEIR WAY TO ONE OF THE CAMP CABINS. >> I WENT AND HOLLERED AND BLOWED THE CAR HORN. >> FINALLY, HELP ARRIVED. >> THEY TOOK HIM TO CHERRY POINT. >> A DOCTOR TALKED WITH TOM HE SAID SON, IT IS THANKSGIVING DAY. WE CAN FILE YOUR MOM AND DAD SO WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE YOUR ARM. >> THE DOORS FLEW OPEN. A SURGEON IN KINSTON WAS WAITING. MAC A DOCTOR WHO COULD POSSIBLY SHAVE HIS -- SAVE HIS ARM. HE DID SAVE IT, AND BOBBY SAVE THE TIME. >> I CALL HIM EVERY YEAR. >> EVERY THANKSGIVING DAY. >> TOMMY AND THE FAMILY IS LISTENING TO A NATIONAL BROADCAST RECOGNIZING BOB FOR HIS HEROISM. >> I DON'T GIVE UP. >> HE DOESN'T FORGET THANKSGIVING DAY 1949. >> SO, I GIVE THANKS MANY, MANY TIMES FOR THE LORD FOR WHAT HE DID TO SAVE ME AND LETTING BOB BE THE ONE THAT DID IT. >> IT IS AMAZING HOW LONG THOSE VIVID MEMORIES STICK WITH US. >> THEY ARE VERY CLOSE AS YOU