>> WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER", THIS SOUR SALUTE TO FIRST RESPONDERS. POLICE, FIRE, EMS. HOSPITAL STAFF. WE BEGIN AT CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE WE MET NURS JAIN >> WERE YOU EXCITED >> SURE WAS >> EXCITED BY THE JOY THAT IS ALL AROUND HER >> IT IS A PRECIOUS LIFE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE CALLED TO DO >> CALLED 53 YEARS AGO >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE >> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. >> STILL HELPING >> TEACHING NEW PARENTS >> THIS IS TO DO YOUR BABY'S FOOT PRINT AND WE HAVE THIS ROOM RIGHT BEHIND YOU >> BEHIND HER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT LITTLE WHITE HALO >> YOU STILL WEAR YOUR CAP >> I SURE DO. I WILL UNTIL MY LAST WORKING DAY >> REPRESENTING HER SERVICE AND HARD WORK. IT IS HARD, SOMETIMES PAINFULLY HARD >> DO YOU EVER QUESTION WHY THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT >> NO I KNOW GOD WAS IN CONTROL >> SHE SUFFERED GRIEF HERSELF >> HE WAS A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN GENTLEMEN. WE DATED 5 YEARS, AND HES IF I WANTED TO BE A NURSE, HE WOULD WAIT FOR ME >> AND HE DID. THEY WERE MARRIED 57 YEARS. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT CALMING INFLUENCE >> THE BABIES YOU TOOK CARE OF ARE NOW 53 YEARS OLD >> THEY ARE GRANDPARENTS AT THIS POINT. >> LIFE CYCLES >> I MIGHT GO WITH MY BOOTS ON >> HER BOOTS AND HER CAP. >>> THE FIRE SHERIFFS HERE IN SAMPSON COUNTY >> THIS IS THE MAIN STATION. >> HERE IS THE MAIN MAN >> JOINED HERE IN JUNE OF 66 >> FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. GEORGE HAS LED THE HARRELLS FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> 45 VOLUNTEERS AND ONE LONG TIME LOYAL LEADER >> 2 WEEKS AFTER I JOINED THEY ELECTED ME CHIEF AND CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST CALLS AND THE FOOT WOULDN'T STAND STILL. YOU WERE SO EXCITED >> MET HIM ON A BLIND DAETD AND YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED 50 YEARS LATER. >> 50 YEARS STILL HAPPILY MARRIED. STILL HAPPILY CHIEF >> A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY ARE GONE THEY ARE ARE GONE >> THAT IS WHY HE CREATED THIS MUSEUM >> THE OLD GULF STATION. THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT >> I JUST KEEP UP WITH THEIR MONEY AND SHOW HOW THEY RECEIVE IT AND HOW THEY SPEND IT >> EVEN GEORGE'S WIFE VOLUNTEERS >> ACCEPTED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF MY LIFE >> HE FACED CHALLENGES >> FUND RAISERS. THE MONEY THING AGAIN >> HE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN IF THERE IS ANY WAY POSSIBLE >> THIS IS A 74 MODEL >> IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE HE MAY RETIRE, SPEND TIME WITH HIS KIDS AND GR KIDS. . >> RETIREMENT >> HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS >> HE LOVES THE TOWN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT >> I THINK GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO THE PLACE YOU OUGHT TO BE >> FROM A FIRE DEPARTMENT ICON. >> ADMIRE THE BUILDING AND WATCH YOUR HEAD. IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE. NARROW STAIRS, 100 FEET UP. YEP, WATCH YOUR HEAD AND ADMIRE >> THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS REMARKABLE. THE FIRE STATION AND CLOCK TOWER ATTACHED TO IT >> ARE THERE MANY FIRE STATIONS WITH CLOCK TOWERS >> NOT THIS DAY OF TIME, NO SIR >> THIS CLOCK STILL OPERATES AND FUNCTIONS TODAY AND CHIMES EVERY HOUR >> BUILT IN 1908 AND PROXIMATELY 100-FOOT TALL >> I WONDER HOW MANY BRICKS ARE IN THE BUILDING >> THEY ARE ORIGINAL >> A BUILDING LIKE THIS HAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF CHARACTER >> IT ALSO HAS A JAI CELL >> THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL JAIL CELLS PURCHASED BACK IN 1878 >> THE OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PART OF THE FIRE STATION COMPLEX >> WHEN YOU RENOVATE IT, ARE YOU KEEPING THE JAIL CELL >> YOU KNOW WE ARE KEEPING THE JAIL CELL >> ONE OF THE OLDEST OPERATING FIRE STATIONS IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WE TAKE PRIDE IN IT AND WEAR IT ON OUR SHOULDERS EVERY DAY >> REMEMBER LOOKING UP AND SEEING THIS RAINBOW, THIS IS DIVINE INTERVENTION. HE IS TELLING US SOMETHING >> HERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEART OF THE CLOCK >> SOME OF THE NAMES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES >> 1947 MANY FORMER FIREFIGHTERS >> HISTORY AND TRADITION IS VERY IMPORTANT >> THE FIRE STATION WITH THE OLD TIME CARS. AND BACK EVEN FURTHER WITH HORSE AND BUGGY, THE HISTORY IS CEMENTED TO THE BUILDING >> HOOD PROTECTORS DOWN TO KEEP THE HORSES FROM BUSTING THE WAGON IF THEY TURN TO SHARP >> IF THEY CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE CLOCK TOWER, THE VIEW >> LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY >> HOW DOES IT SOUND WHEN IT RINGS >> LOUD >> WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE. BUT IT IS LAND MARK STANDING THE TEST OF IN TO. YOU CAN'T COME TO HENDERSON AND NOT NOTICE THAT. >> THERE ARE 20 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN NASH COUNTY >> CAPTURING WHAT THEY DO IN DRAMATIC FASHION. HOUSE FIRES, CHURCH FIRES, FIREFIGHTERS IN FIELDS AND FORESTS AND FACE TO FACE WITH FIRE. THE WORKING VOLUNTEERS OF NASH COUNTY >> THE LABOR OF LOVE AND WHAT I THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE DONE >> THE BOOK TRACES NASH COUNTY FIRE HISTORY >> THIS IS WHAT THEY STARTED WITH >> THIS IS THE 1898 FIRE ENGINE >> GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE GUYS WHO DROVE THOSE THINGS. TODAY HONORING THE RESCUERS FROM THEN AND NOW. THOSE 24/7 HEROES >> WE SOLD $500 IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS >> CAPTURING THE LIVES OF FIRE, AND EMS CRE . >> STARTED WHEN I WAS 13 >> AS A VOLUNTEER IT WAS TOD WHO WROTE THE BOOK. >> IT HAS BEEN IN MY BLOOD >> A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER >> TOOK MY FIRST PICTURE IN 1947. I HAD BEEN AT FIRE WHERES CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE DIED. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THEY USED HURST S TO TAKE PEOPLE THE HOSPITAL. >> A GROUP THAT REPRESENTS THEM >> 1100 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE BOOK >> THOSE PHOTOS THAT TELL THE STORIES OF HOUSE FIRES, CAR FIRES, FLIPPED CARS AND LIVES SAVED AND PRAYERS ANSWERED. A STORY OF PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM. THE NEW "TARHEEL TRAVELER" BOOK IS OUT. 101 DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINA CLASSICS. AND THESE "TARHEEL TRAVELER" BOOKS THAT TOGETHER CELEBRATE THE STATE. COPIES AUTOGRAPHED AND PERSONALIZED >>> WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TARHEEL TRAVELER". WE FIND A FORMER OFFICER WHO HAS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HIS BLOOD >> THAT IS DAVE -- HE STANDS ON HIS ATTIC STEPS AND POINTS OUS LICE MEM RU MEMORABILIA >> IT IS NOT JUST FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY >> FRANCE, JER MONDAY, ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. >> IS FUN, IT IS LOT OF FUN >> YOU HONORING THE PROFESSION >> YES >> IT WAS YOUR PROFESSION >> YES I RETIRED AS A DETECTIVE. STARTED OUT AS A TRANSIT COP AND WORKING STREET NARCOTICS IN BROOKLYN. YEAH THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SOFT CAR >> DO YOU MISS THE ACTION >> MISS THE CLOWNS NOT THE CIRCUS >> I HAVE FLORIDA, UTAH, NEVADA. IT IS A VERY GREEN STATE >> THAT IS THEIR COLORS >> HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE THESE >> TRADE WITH PEOPLE >> IRAN, IRAQ >> HATS FROM EVERY CONTINENT >> THE GREASE CAME FROM THE CAR HE DOVE UNDER TO DUCK BULLETS >> A LOT OF THESE HATS TELL STORIES >> THEY DO. AND AA LOT OF THEM I HAVE TRADED PERSONALLY. THE LOVE OF TRAVELLING HAS DEFINITELY HELPED. >> ONCE A POLICE OFFICER ALWAYS A POLICE OFFICER >> EXACTLY, YOU ARE NEVER REALLY OUT OF IT >> YOU WILL KEEP TRAVELLING THE WORLD >> YES, DEFINITELY, EVEN MORE NOW. >>> IN GOLDS. MEET TWINS THAT WORK IDENTICAL JOBS >> WHO IS THE BETTER LOOKING ONE >> I AM. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THEY WORK FOR THE WAYNE COUNTY EMS >> DO PEOPLE CONFUSE YOU >> ALL OF THE TIME >> WE WALK INTO A RESTAURANT AND PEOPLE DOUBLE TAKE >> PATIENTS DO DOUBLE TAKE >> HE SAID HE WAS SEEING DOUBLE. NO, HE WAS SEEING ALBERT AND ALLEN JONES >> THEY GREW UP IN GOLDSBORO AND FELT CALLED TO HELP PEOPLE >> WE SAID, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO >> THEIR TWIN CAREERS STARTED 40 YEARS AGO, 1971 >> YOU SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES >> YES, SOME CASES YOU DO AND SOME YOU DON'T >> AND IN THOSE CASES IT IS COMFORTING TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO >> LIFE HAS IT'S OWN SYMMETRY. LIFE AND DEATH >> YOU TALK TO THEM 1 MINUTE AND 1 MINUTE THEY ARE DEAD >> I DON'T THINK WE LOOK AT THE MUCH ALIKE >> AS YOU CAN SEE, HE TALKS A LOT >> ANOTHER CALL. AND FOR TWIN BROTHERS IT IS THE SAME CALLING >> THIS IS DEFINITELY OUR CALLING >> THE TREATS OR TARBORO ARE PAVED WITH MEMORIES >> LIVED HERE SINCE 1952 >> GERALD WAS A POLICE OFFICER -- >> WE GOT A CALL WITH A GENTLEMEN LAYING IN THE DOORWAY WITH A SHOT GUN, AND SNUCK UP ON IT PORCH AND GRABBED THE BARREL >> A FLEETING MOMENT HE LOOKS BACK ON >> HAD OUR FIRST CHILD 2 MONTHS BEFORE. AND I SURE LOVED GOING HOME TO HIM THAT NIGHT >> I AM GLAD I HAVE THE MEMORIES >> HIS DAD HAS MEMORIES TOO >> WE DROVE OUR OWN CARS AND FURNISHED OUR OW GAS >> A FACTOR AND SON WHO BOTH WORE A BADGE >> PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TALKS PLACE >> SO THE BOOK >> MY WIFE IS PROUD OF ME AND THAT IS THE MAIN THING >> IT IS ROUGHLY 75 TO 80 STORIES. >> GERALD'S STORE AETZ AND HIS DAD >> WE GOT A CALL TO MAYORS HOUSE, LOOKING UP AT THE TREE. AND SOMETHING -- BUT IT WAS BLINKING, IT WASN'T MOVING >> THERE MAY BE SOMEONE OUT THERE >> GERALD WAS OUT THERE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE OF TARBORO FOR 10 YEARS 10 YEARS. >> I HAVE DONE OVER AND OVER, AND WALK UP AND TAKE GUNS RIGHT OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE >> THAT THIN BLUE LINE IS WHAT KEEPS THING SANE IN EVERY TOWN >> WE TRAVEL TO THE SMALL TOWN IN ALEXANDER COUNTY AND FOUND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENT, DUTY, LOYALTY. >> JANUARY 2009. FUNERAL FOR GOVERNOR BOB SCOTT >> THE BEAUTY AND THE ELEGANCE. THE PACE -- TO ME IT IS A FITTING FAREWELL >> AS FAR AS I KNOW AT THIS POINT NO OTHER STATE DOES THIS >> TIM IS A RETIRED HIGHWAY PATROLMAN WHO ALWAYS ADMIRED THE ELEGANCE >> NOVEMBER 1963 AND SAW THE JOHN F. KENNEDY FUNERAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN >> TIM KEEPS THE HORSES AND CARES FOR THEM. ONE OF THE HORSES THAT CARRIED REAGAN'S CASKET WAS THIS HORSE >> DATES BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR AND BEYOND THAT. REMOVING THE DEAD FROM THE BATTLE FIELD >> CARRYING THEM TO THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE >> THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT. SHDZ F0 >>> WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION TO THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER", OUR SALUTE TO FIRST RESPONDERS. WE PROFILED A WAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY. OTISSTEVE . >> I GREW UP IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY >> HE GREW UP ON A TOBACCO FARM >> DID AND YOU MONEY >> VERY, VERY, LITTLE >> IF I EVER BECAME A LAWMAN I WANTED TO DO IT, AND I WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT. AND I WROTE THE STORIES I FELT IN MY HEART >> A SIMPLER PLACE, A SIMPLER TIME >> THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN COURAGE >> I BECAME A FATHER >> HE WROTE ABOUT HIS LITTLE BOY, AND LIZZY -- >> THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL I HAD EVER KNOWN. FIRST TIME YOU FALL IN LOVE AND YOU REALIZE THAT PERSON I WAS LOOKING AT I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH. NEVER FORGET IT >> HE NEVER FORGOT THOSE SIMPLER TIMES >> I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE AND SHE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU WRITE THAT DOWN >> HE NEVER THOUGHT HIMSELF A WRITER >> WROTE IT WITH PENCIL ON THE TABLET >> I RAN INTO A LADY AND SHE GO GET YOUR MANUSCRIPT >> AND SOON OTIS WAS PUBLISHED >> IT IS AMAZING, PEOPLE READ MY WORK AND SAY, HEY, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL >> SHE WAS THEN AND IS NOW, THE WOMAN I TREASURE ABOVE ALL >> LIZZY >> SHE DIED QUICKLY, JUST LIKE THAT >> I HAVE ARRESTED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE >> AND HE ALSO KNOWS HOW GOOD LIFE CAN BE >> BUT IF YOU ARE KIND TO PEOPLE IT STAYS WITH THEM FOREVER >> YOU HAVE TO TREAT PEOPLE RESPECT AND DECENCY >> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KEEP LIFE SIMPLE. DON'T FORGET YESTERDAY >> IT HAS BEEN A HECK OF A RUN I WILL TELL YOU THAT >> NEWBORN THE GREAT LOYALTY >> PULLING THIS WAGON IN 1908 >> THAT IS THE ORIGINAL >> YES >> THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HORSE, AND IT IS FRED WHO TELLS IT >> MOST FOLKS KNOW ME AS FRED THE FIRE HORSE >> FRED WAS A SMART HORSE. THE TOWN HAD 6 FIRE ALARMS, ALL BELLS AND ALL RANG A DIFFERENT TONE. WHEN THEY RANG, HE KNEW WHERE TO GO. HE WAS A BIG HORSE. A BIG STRONG HORSE TO PULL A WAGON FULL OF HOSES. WE DIDN'T GET OUR FIRST AUTOMATTED ENGINE UNTIL 1914 >> LUCKY AND PROUD TO HAVE FRED. ESPECIALLY ON THAT DECEMBER DAY IN 1922 >> IT WAS THE BIGGEST FIRE IN THE STATE, EVER. FRED WAS HERE >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAOS AND DANGER >> 1,000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED >> BUT FRED AND THE FIREMEN PUT IT OUT >> AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF HIM >> AND HOW RESOURCEFUL HE WAS >> WHEN HE WAS NOT PULLING THE WAGON, HE WAS HAULING A GARBAGE WAGON. >> IT IS A GOOD JOB, I GET TO SEE A LOT OF FRIENDS, SOMETIMES THEY FEED ME APPLES >> FRED WAS ON THE WAY TO WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A FALSE ALARM. HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED IN THE STREET >> HOW DEVASTATING WAS THAT >> I AM SURE IT WAS ASTOUNDING, HIS DRIVER DIED A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE >> I THINK THE WHO HORSE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. CONSIDERING HIS AGE, IT IS A SHOCKER FOR PEOPLE >> WELL IT IS RELIABILITY, LOYALTY AND LOVE >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. FRED PROBABLY HELPED SAVE MANY LIVES. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT. WITHOUT A DOUBT. FIRE HOUSE FRED AND HIS HEAD. WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER", WE HOPE TO SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD. >>> ORDER THE NEW "TARHEEL TRAVELER" BOOK. A RESTAURANT GUIDE FEATURING 101 DOWN HOME CLASSICS ACROSS