so, we came here to the netherlands, crisscrossed by canals and sitting below sea level, where people live under the constant threat of flooding. we had heard that a kind of modern-day noah had done something extraordinary. thanks for having us to your ark. >> it's amazing. >> to be frank, i never thought i would say that to anybody. he built himself his own biblical ark. so that was a rooster? >> that was a rooster. >> so, what kind of animals do you have in your ark? >> plastic animals. >> plastic animals? not like noah? >> he had the real animals. >> in fact, it was a real flood that inspired him to build this ark. he nearly drowned in a storm surge in 1992. and the next day, a book caught his eye among the wreckage.