Jimmy Carter's secret service agent remembers a life of giving

THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

TONIGHT. THANK YOU, JULIAN.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE

REMEMBERING FORMER PRESIDENT

JIMMY CARTER. FLAGS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY ARE AT HALF STAFF,

INCLUDING HERE AT THE WHITE

HOUSE, JIMMY CARTER SERVED AS

OUR PRESIDENT. THE 39TH

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE BUREAU, SEAN GALLAGHER IS

LIVE AT THE LEGISLATIVE

BUILDING IN RALEIGH. AND SEAN,

YOU SPOKE WITH A FORMER SECRET

SERVICE AGENT WHO PROTECTED THE

CARTER FAMILY FOR YEARS.

>> YEAH. JUST ABOUT 4 YEARS,

GERALD, THAT THIS MAN PROTECTED

THE ENTIRE CARTER FAMILY.

I SEEING THE PRESIDENT HAS A

WAY THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD HIS

KINDNESS, HIS HUMILITY, HIS

KNACK FOR WOODWORKING. WHY HE

CHOSE TO HONOR THE LATE

PRESIDENT IN THIS WAY TODAY.

>> IT DOZENS OF TIMES A YEAR

MUCH. DENNIS LIN WIAN HAS

HELPED BUILD RAMPS LIKE THIS.

IT'S GREAT TO DO THIS. THERE'S

NO CHARGE THAT WE DO FOR

HANDICAPPED PEOPLE HELPING THE

LITTLE GUY, SOMETHING HE PICKED

UP FROM HIS FORMER BOSS.

>> PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH

JIMMY CARTER, PRESIDENT CARTER

HABITAT AS A MEMBER OF THE

SECRET SERVICE SLING ONE WAS

CONSTANTLY IN CARTER'S LITERAL

SHADOW, ENSURING HIS SAFETY.

BUT NOW ALWAYS IN HIS

FIGURATIVE SHADOW.

WORKING TODAY TO BE A CHIP OFF

THE OLD BLOCK OF ALTRUISM,

ISRAEL UP IN THE THROW. IT

REALLY DOESN'T. IT MEANS HIT ME

A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ME TO DO.

THIS CARD ARE MUCH MORE THAN

THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

FIGUREHEAD.

HE GOT HIS HANDS DIRTY

SYNAGOGUES DO THAT MYSELF.

HE HAMMER AND A SAW IN THE

NEVER NEEDED ASSISTANCE COURSE.

SHE'S A MASTER WOODWORKER

ASIDE. MANY OF HEARD, BUT NOT

MANY OF SEEN THROUGH SLIM

WINDS, EYES. JIMMY CARTER.

THERE'S MORE THAN THAN ANYBODY

ELSE IN HIS HOME OFFICE LOOKS

MORE LIKE A SMITHSONIAN

EXHIBIT. I WAS JOGGING BODY

PHOTOS. YOU WON'T SEE ANYWHERE

ELSE. PERSONAL PHOTOS WITH

PRESIDENTS AND CANDIDATES OF

THE LAST 40 YEARS. NONE MORE

SPECIAL THAN THESE WITH

PRESIDENT CARTER AND

HANDWRITTEN LETTERS ONLY FOR

DANNY AND HIS WIFE, SOME OF ITS

OF KIND OF OFFICIAL OTHERS JUST

KIND OF I HAVE WRITTEN THAT.

BUT IT'S THIS LETTER THAT MEANS

THE MOST SALARY I ENJOYED

BUILDING HELPING DENNY BUILD

THE BUTCHER BLOCK FOR 3 DAYS.

PRESIDENT CARTER AND SLIM ONE

BUILT THIS BUTCHER BLOCK AT

THE PRESIDENT'S HOME IN

GEORGIA. SCHWINN WEINSTEIN

FIRSTHAND. HOW CRAFTY CARTER

COULD BE. BUT IT WAS MORE A

TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FROM THE

MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD

TOLD ME THE REASON I'M DOING

THIS IS BECAUSE YOU ARE SO GOOD

WITH MY GRANDSON EDGED IN THE

CORNER, THEIR INITIALS BECAUSE

THIS WAS MORE THAN PROTECTION

BY THE SECRET SERVICE. THESE

2 MEN, FRIENDS TILL THE END.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT TO ME.

CAR.

>> AND DANNY TELLS ME THAT THE

PRESIDENT WOULD OFTEN BUILD

FURNITURE TO DONATE TO AUCTION

SO THEY CAN RAISE MONEY, BUT

HE'S UNAWARE IF ANYBODY OWNS A

PERSONAL PIECE LIKE THEY HAVE A

CHERISHED FAMILY HEIRLOOM FROM

THE 100 YEAR OLD PRESIDENT THAT

THEY HOPE TO HAVE FOR AT LEAST

THE NEXT CENTURY.

>> IN RALEIGH, SHAUN GALLAGHER,

WRAL NEWS. WHAT A GREAT

RELATIONSHIP AND A GREAT STORY.

>> YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT

JIMMY CARTER'S LEGACY AND HOW

PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE

REMEMBERING HIM ON WRAL DOT

COM. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH FORMER

WRAL ANCHOR DAVID CRABTREE

ABOUT HIS CONNECTION TO THE

FORMER PRESIDENT. THAT STORY