-- join us, go to hannity got sarah palin's real american stories coming up next. >> greta: welcome to real american stories. i'm sarah palin. ism, courage, generosity and a warrior spirit these are the thing has that unite all americans our ancestors from around the world boarded boats leaving behind everything. because in america, anything is possible. those first fearless souls believed freedom was their destiny. our proud history is a record of their vision and determination. the fight for life without tyranny. from the revolutionaries of 1776 to the greatest generation and today, americans have always answered the call. risking life for liberty to defend our country and protect the world. tonight, real american stories celebrates our heroes. we are going to introduce to you some americans who have made inspirational choices. we'll also tell you amazing tales that reaffirm our pioneering spirit and unmatched generosity at home and around the world. we begin with an american who is changing the lifers of thousands of young people -- changing the lives of thousands of young people. he decided -- he decided to share his good fortune and pay it forward. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i just made a solid pact with god. i said if you ever gave me the financial wherewithal to make a difference in this life i would do it in the form of education and it would be hands-on. thanks for making my day! >> george is a level the education playing field for children from low income households. can he save at risk kids with the promise of a college education? george weiss learned the importance of a good education at a young age. raised by jewish parents who escaped austria during world war ii. >> they made a strong point. the nazis could take your worldly goods, they could take all your possessions but they couldn't take your brain. >> george grew up in massachusetts and went on to get an ivy league education at the university of pennsylvania. over the next few decades george made a fortune on wall street. but he didn't keep his earnings to himself for long. >> i'm not a person that really cares about how much they are worth. it is really what good i can do with those monies. >> in 1987 george weiss visited a school in a tough section of philadelphia and stunned the class of sixth graders by announcing he would personally pay for their college education if they graduated from high school. >> we want to give these kids the same opportunity that our own kids would have. >> none of us really understood what we were being a part of. >> kimberly carmichael was one of those students. the second of seven kids her parents were both drug add -- drug addicts. >> i took a big part in raising my brothers and sister. >> kimberly babysat to get money to support her siblings. to her, george's scholarship came out of nowhere. >> it was who is this crazy white guy? in the neighborhood where i grew up, the only time you would see white people was if they were uncover police officers or drug addicts. >> violence was always on her doorstep like the time her friend was murdered. >> then, on the way back from the funeral, the limousine that was carrying the family got shot up. >> with her siblings dependent on her and no money to make it through the day, lost loan pay for college. kimberly's situation was grim. >> after a while, do you become numb to it, because it becomes part of your everyday life. >> in her school only 25% of students made it to graduation day. george was determined to change that >> these kids are great young men and women. they just don't have the same equal opportunity. >> over the next few years george and his say yes program gave kimberly and her classmates comprehensive support, including tutors and college courts an the university of pennsylvania. >> it was like wow, okay this is my out this is how i'm going to be able to, you know do something. because i'm going to be able to leave. >> the say yes program gave kimberly a sty upon she was able to use for -- stipend she was able to use, taking pressure off to provide for them george was not just throwing money around. his greatest strength was being there when they needed support the most. >> if any of the kids got into any type of trouble george would show up to the house 11:00 at night coming into the ghetto, banging on the door. he will walk in and say what the hell is your problem? i was like he crazy. >> all the kids were given a private number ensuring they could call at any time. >> george became my surrogate parent. >> there isn't that same kind of emphasis on education. and there isn't that strong family structure. >> a bright and hardworking student, kimberly took advantage of all the tunes offered to her. -- all the opportunities offered to her. unwavering in her mission to make it to college >> if my younger siblings could see one of us get out they know they can do it too. >> after years of george working with her class, 60 to% of the group had graduated -- 62% of the group had graduated. kimberly graduated too going on to study at the university of hartford. >> the day i stepped on campus was the day i realized i out. it was a new world for me >> after four years, she graduated. she married, had two kids, moved into a beautiful home and now works as a youth counselor, helping young girls in the same situation she was in 20 years ago. >> i cannot imagine having the things i have for myself. >> george recalled a conversation he with kimberly a few years ago. one that sums up why he does what he does. >> mr. weis is s why are you smiling? >> you are sitting here in front of me married to a fine young man with a college education and you are talking to me about buying your first home. i said that's why i'm smiling. >> today george weiss' say yes program has helped 22,000 kids. it has expanded to other cities, including cambridge, massachusetts and hartford, connecticut, syracuse, new york. with us tonight please welcome the head of harlem's say yes chapter lydia torres, some of the students currently in the program. [ applause ] >> thank you guys for being here. [ applause ] >> so happy to have all of you here today. lydia you want to come over here. lydia you have worked with these students and in the education arena for many years now many what kind of transformation are you seeing as a result of george's generosity? >> well, we are seeing children who are focused on college. and who are leading up to their interest in college by being enrolled in the kinds of programs we offer. >> there was such power in this idea of the private sector contribution that george and others now are making. what can to inspire others to recognize where a need is and how they can jump in and help? >> i think by emphasizing education and starting young, one of lessons that we've learned is the younger you start the better results you have. >> with george tens of millions he's been able to leverage to expand this program. what is your name? >> tennessee roho. >> are you looking at colleges? >> yes. >> what do you want to be when you grow up? >> i want to be a lawyer. i want to defend people so they could get what they really want. >> thank you so much that's beautiful. >> what is your name young man? >> tyler. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> have you been able to meet george yet? >> yes, three times. >> when you met him that first time, what was it like? was it a surprise when he announced to you and others that you would have a ride to college? >> well, everybody was quite shocked. at first he said, at first there were three -- there were six sponsors with him. each sponsor threw a football and whoever caught that football was gonna get a scholarship. but then afterwards, george weiss said forget it, everybody is going to get a scholarship. >> amazing. this has changed your life then? [ applause ] >> well, i know that you all and that your families don't take this for granted. i know you can appreciate this. i'll tell you, a lot of the eyes of america will be on all of you students as you grow up and seek that college education, after high school. you guys do well and inspire the rest of us, okay. we put a lot of faith in all of you. i thank you so much for being here and a special thanks to weiss for his incredible generosity and his vision. we'll be right back. [ applause ] >> next a brave young american makes a split second decision that saves his friends lives. >> he could have gotten himself to safety. instead jason dunham decided his friends were more important than was. >> doctors told nick and michelle massey their son cole might never walk on his own. >> it was a shock, a life sentence. >> but something happened when ilya came into their lives. >> he would hold his head and stroke it and say i will walk. >> can the love of a dog inspire cole to beat the odds and make his dream come true? >> she said if you do this, you have a chance to walk. >> plus, toby keith reveals the inspiration behind one of his biggest hits. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> just very patriotic. >> on his head, shoulders, clothes were falling to the ground as i was running up to him. >> an everyday hero risks her own life to save a stranger, coming up on real american stories. 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extraordinary courage under fire. his loyalty unfailing. this marine is a true patriot. >> always had a big, big smile. >> his 100 watt smile was stunning. >> he did things that aggravated us. we would start yelling or try to punish him and he would put this big smile on and it just broke your heart. so he got away probably with a little more than he should have. >> jason dunham's grin packed a punch. much to the delight of his parents deb and dan the known prankster and goof ball never hesitated to use it. >> fun, gullible, he liked to play a joke on people but you could play one back. >> jason grew up in western new york in the small blue collar town. popular teen was a protective older brother to three siblings who was always spoiling his little sister. >> whatever she asked for. it was usually the most god awful thing we had already said no to. and she would come lugging it in. >> he was constantly putting others before himself, including stranger. >> he stopped and spent the afternoon helping an old gentleman put out a brushfire beside the road. >> jason's best friend justin says jason was a role model on the baseball field4+g too. >> he led by example. you saw him working on practice, you worked hard. >> no surprise then when at 17, jason decided to join the marines. >> i think the challenge isvq$ liked. if it involved athletics or physicalness, it was something he wanted to try. >> he excelled in boot camp, graduating second in his squad. in winter 2003, jason called his mom. = said you're being deployed. >> jason came home for christmas not missing an opportunity to say good-bye to family and friends. >> one of the last things i remember talking to him and i told him, i said don't do anything stupid, don't be a hero i said don't worry about it. >> in february 2004 jason was deployed to iraq. >> they ended up on the syrian border with the very western edge of the sunni triangle. >> michael is reporter for the wall street journal and author of a book about jason who at the time of his deployment was a corporal. >> that meant he 10 guys under his command. so at age 22 he had 10 lives in his hand. >> on april 14th, less than 60 days serving in iraq, jason while riding in their humvee they decided to pursue the enemy on foot. within minutes came across a group of suspicious-looking cars. >> they to search the cars to see if there were any insurgents or weapons inside. within seconds the driver jumped out and attacked him. >> the two of them fell to the ground wrestling next to the vehicle. >> pfc kelly miller and lance corporal hampton ran up to fight the insurgents. >> in that instant, the iraqi dropped a grenade. the pin was out, that meant that within three to five seconds that grenade was going to explode, somewhere in that time jason dunham took his helmet and placed it on top of the grenade to try to shield the men around him. he could have rolled away. he could have gotten himself to safety instead, in an instant the 22-year-old man, decided that his friends were more important than he was. >> miller and hampton were hit with shrapnel but did not sustain life-threatening injuries. jason was a different story. this is jason's kevlar helmet after the blast. >> very small fragment of the grenade maybe the size of a pencil eraser hit jason on the sigh of the head and penetrated deep into his brain. almost immediately, he was in a coma. >> fighting to stay alive, jason was airlifted back to the u.s. to the bethesda naval hospital. deb recalled a conversation she and jason had before he had deployed. >> i said you promise me right now, you promise me that you will come home. he said i promise. i promise i'll come home to you. and i feel he kept that promise. >> with deb and dan at his sy0pey on april 22nd, jason dunham passed away in typical jason fashion. >> look on his face had been very intense and like he was uncomfortable. after he passed away his face just relaxed and that little grin of his was there. >> we kind of looked at each other like, you know, is this for real? and we instantly stopped crying. >> jason was laid to rest in his hometown. in january of 2007, he was awarded the medal of honor. at the end of last year the navy christianed a new edition to the fleet the uss jason dunham, a destroyer. >> when i found out that the ship was actually a destroyer, i found it ironic. because as a kid that boy destroyed a lot of things. >> jason's family and friends were not surprised by the choice jason made that fateful day >> kelly miller is still here. and billy is here. billy is married and has a child. that's due to jason. he gave up his life so others can be here. and to me there ain't nothing on this earth that you can do that is any greater. >> deb and dan dunham were unable to be here tonight. we thank them for their great sacrifice that their family has made on behalf of this country. and we'll be right back. doctors told them their son coel might never walk. that was before a little black dog named ilya came into their lives. >> she said if can you do this, there's a very good chance you could walk your dog. >> would you risk your life for a stranger? >> i saw flames on his head, on his shoulders. >> amazing story of an everyday her role. >> he was screaming help me! >> later, who was the inspiration for toby keith's american and them -- anthem, courtesy of the red, white and blue. >> just very patriotic. ♪ ♪ >> when real american stories continue. ♪ ♪ ♪ this place is a dream. if you want to work and you want to go after something, there's no place in the world like it. you can start with very little and through your own ingenuity and your own ambition and your own drive, create the dream that you want. you can do it! my name is jack welsh this is my american story. >> sarah: welcome back. children with special needs face greater day-to-day challenges than many of us will ever know things maybe we take for granted as simple as brush our teeth can for them take years of physical therapy. these kids have an inner light. a strength of character beyond the physical this is a story about hope. it is about never giving up on your dreams. about believing that anybody is -- that anything is possible. and sometimes we find inspiration in unexpected places. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sarah: paul is a kid who doesn't believe in -- cole massey is a doesn't believe in limits. >> he has a spirit like nobody i've ever met. he's so determined. >> he knows what he wants to do. what he can't do on the men >> sarah: his father and mother are always trying to keep up with him. inspiring, considering cole's physical problems. >> around five months we noticed that he wasn't doing some of the developmental milestones. >> sarah: after a long period of testing cole was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. >> it was a shock we didn't expect something like that. something that is like, a life sentence. >> sarah: to a spunky kid like cole, independence is everything. even with a walker he struggles to make eight cross his own livingroom. >> ilya, here. >> sarah: that's why six years ago the massey's decided to get cole a service dog. >> was so sweet and would cuddle up to me >> sarah: a little black lab named ilya strolled into cole's life. >> he was very emotional because i had a new dog. >> sarah: yale was trained in over 43 different commands decide to make coal's life easier. >> cole wouldn't have to call us for everything. can you bring my toy into my room. he could start becoming more independent. >> sarah: among his talents ilya can pick up objects, like keys. hand over money at a counter. and even help cole open and close the refrigerator. >> he's there for me. >> sarah: soon after his arrival, the masseys discovered ilya was more than a service dog. >> it didn't occur to us what this dog would mean as he was going to therapy, doctor's visits, and surgery. it didn't occur to us what kind of a support system this dog would be. >> before we got ilya, cole was on his own a lot. he can't go around and play with the other children. so ilya has been able to fill a big void in his life, being able to be not only a dog and a companion, but interactive companion. >> sarah: the pair became inseparable. >> he stays close by cole, sitting on the coach together. he stays with cole while he does his homework. he sleeps in bed with cole even when he takes his bath he's looking this is my job, my job is to take care of this little boy. >> he's really helpful he's a companion he never fails to be by my side. >> sarah: as they grew closer cole had one dream. he wanted to take ilya on a walk, by himself. despite the pain and the hardship, this pup had inspired cole to push himself farther. michelle says, it became the incentive for the many, many, excruciating hours of physical therapy that cole would have to go through. >> she said if you do this, there's a very good chance could you walk your dog. >> every night after that he would hold his head and stroke it and say i will walk you ilya. i will walk you. >> sarah: two years ago, cole underwent a painful surgery to help him achieve his goal. ilya was there for moral support. shortly after coming out of the or cole needed it. >> i could hear him screaming and i gather him up in my arms and i go honey mom here. he looks up at me and says, i want my puppy. >> sarah: at his side, ilya got to work. >> the minute i moved back he jumped in, put his two front paws up on the bed and started licking cole furiously. i realized, oh i was in his way. >> in tears and ilya was there decide him, ilya put his head on his legs. first we thought this was going to be screams of pain ilya just he knew sort of and how he knew what to do and how to get cole to soothe. >> it just made me feel like a thousand times better. >> sarah: this video taken by the masseys captures cole and ilya's first trip down the block. >> for a typical parent think of how exciting it is the first time you see a child take steps. i waited almost 11 years to see my child take his first steps itch the fact that it was all inspired by this little black dog makes it more amazing. >> sarah: the pair didn't stop there. eventually, ilya walked along side cole in his first 5k race. >> how does it feel cole? >> it feels like i did it. >> sarah: now it seems that a kid who doesn't believe in limitations has a dog helping him realize all his dreams. >> there is no way i can explain it, he is just a hero to me >> is he your best friend? >> more. [ applause ] >> sarah: please welcome cole i nick and michelle massey and of course ilya. [ applause ] >> sarah: we'll talk to the masseys right after this. coming up what is the real american story behind one of toby keith's biggest hits? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i wanted one gift to give. >> toby's tribute. >> he is screaming help me. an amazing story of courage. >> on his head shoulders and his clothes were falling to the ground as i was running up to him. >> sarah: next on real >> sarah: next on real american storiririririri [ advisor 1 ] i have clients say it's really hard to save for the future and they've come to a point where it's overwhelming. [ advisor 2 ] oh gee, i'm scared to tell you i've got this amount of credit card debt or i've got a 15-year-old and we never got around to saving for their college. that's when i go to work. we talk, we start planning. we can fix this. i know we can do it. when clients walk out of my office they feel confident about their retirement. 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[ applause ] >> sarah: welcome back to real american stories. joining me in the studio nick and michelle massey their son cole and ilya. cole's best friend and service dog. we are so happy thank you are here. michelle, initial diagnosis that's a time in life when maybe the world seems to stop spinning. take us to that day r >> that's the perfect description. it is surreal. especially when cole was that age, he looked like any other 14-month-old. he looked for all the world like everything was gonna be just fine. so it was very hard to embrace that not everything was gonna be fine. but it is such a massive unknown. how not fine? how much is he gonna need? what he gonna need? i was overwhelming. but i think the most that i find as a special needs parent is the future. what do we do when we're not here? because we become such enormous advocates for our kids in making sure they get everything they need. continues, always throughout their lives. >> yeah. through different means you have found some tools to help, to help assure that cole will have some of these things that are gonna be needed to take care of him. nick, one of those things of course is this dog. you buy your kid a dog. who would have thought that not only would he be so inspiring and encouraging for you and your family but so many other people. >> we didn't foresee the magnitude many we knew that he was gonna help cole, being a service dog, companion dog. we also knew that cole would be fond of his dog. but the ways that the dog has bridged his life and to things he needs to do and other people couldn't foresee it. >> this is a beautiful story. cole, ilya has helped you reach a goal. one was to be able to walk him. what is next for you? what else do you have on your list to do? >> well miss palin, i can't even begin to tell you how amazing this dog, this dog and like him in this case or it can be a female dog, have really helped not only me but other kids. i don't know what my next goal is. with this dog, i mean it when i say this literally, sky is the limit! >> sarah: that's awesome. >> i didn't know what my next goal is. >> i wanted to jump in just really quick. this dog is from an organization called canine companions for independents in is an amazing organization for the first year and a half of the dog's life they are raised by volunteers who give them the first 25 commands and give them up and they go through the six months of training and if you qualify they give you this dog. >> sarah: what doesn't he do? >> he will not fetch. he's like that's an off-duty command you can get it yourself. >> sarah: a little beneath him then. ilya is 7-years-old not necessarily an old dog. but can you teach an old dog a new trick? >> they show you now continue his training. they want you to do it, because it keeps them fresh. >> sarah: that is is amazing. cole, we would ask if maybe we could see one of these commands that we can count on ilya to obey. >> okay. let's say you are in your wheelchair, as i am. you happen to have an item in your hand in this case we have a pen. and you drop it. the dog can pick it up, like so. ilya, . ilya get. >> sarah: i think he thought you said fetch. >> that's it, come on. good boy. good boy. >> there's a boy, yes. good boy. >> sarah: so gentle. >> yes, really gentle. >> give. if you notice he holds it until we give him the command. because a lot of people who use wheelchairs subsequent have good hand control. he waits for to you tell him. >> sarah: another inspiring story and we thank you so much. thank you so much for sharing this. we will be right back with more. [ applause ] >> sarah: next, toby keith reveals the inspiration behind one of his biggest hits. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> just very patriotic. >> on his head, shoulders, clothes, his clothes were falling to the ground as i was running up to him. >> an everyday hero risks her own life to save a stranger. >> i look up in seconds there were huge flames. >> coming up on real american stories. ♪ american girl and american guy ♪ >> sarah: it is his biggest date, courtesy of the red, white and blue. a song toby keith penned after attacks on september 11. it was also inspired by his dad an army vet who loves this country. ♪ my daddy served in the army ♪ he flew a flag out in our yard ♪ tote >> he was just very patriotic and very pro american. and very much old school. and he instilled a lot of that in me. he always respected veterans and flew his flag. >> sarah: his father passed away. toby was moved to write red, white and blue as a tribute. >> i thought how would my old man feel? ♪ ♪ uncle sam put your name at the top of his list ♪ >> sarah: it became an anthem for american soldiers around the world who fight to keep us free. ♪ ♪ >> sarah: toby performs it on every one of his uso stops. >> i wanted one give to -- one gift to give them when i got there. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sarah: toe is an avid volunteer for the u is so. during the last decade he has done seven tours in 10 different countries making him one of the most dedicated celebrity uso volunteers. >> honest and real. >> sarah: kurt is toby's longtime book ago agent now board member of the uso. >> it is behind him visiting there. they come, their parents come, family members come incredible. >> sarah: april 200 the, toby went out -- april 2009, toby went out on his 7th uso tour. >> i want to see dudes nobody sees. i want to see guys that are excited that a helicopter is showing up, whether me on it or a surprise. >> sarah: these remote areas require him to perform acoustically, sometimes for only a handful of people. >> i know i'm reaching many but i'm reaching the guys that that need it the most. sash sar -- >> he does it for his dad and his country. >> i feel like it is our duty as americans. >> sarah: welcome back to real american stories. american heroes are not found only on the battlefield. acts of courage play out everyday in every tornado across this great country. sometime it is just a neighbor helping a friend. sometimes it is a woman risk her own life to save a stranger. >> he was screaming help me, help me. >> sarah: on a cold november day, 24-year-old angelica mercado stumbled across a horrific car accident. the nursing student was on her way to work in new jersey. she saw a tanker truck full of gas tipped over on its side. >> i looked up again, within seconds there was huge flames. . >> sarah: the driver was on fire. while others fled the scene, she got out to help. >> i saw flames on his head, on his shoulders, on his clothes. his clothes were falling to the ground as i was running up to. >> sarah: she took off her coat and forced him to the ground, patting out the flames. flames which later she noticed had melted the jacket. >> i was patting the flames off his body, another woman came up to help, she was taking off his boots because his boots were melting. carolina with the tanker about to blow -- >> with the tanker about to blow she had to get him out there. they carried him in her car and took off for nearest hospital. >> i knew to get him to the hospital right away he was hunched over moaning in pain. his body was so hot the heat was fogging up the windows of the car. i was a scary situation. >> 15 minute car ride felt like an eternity. kept telling him you are going to be okay. we are almost there. >> was rushed into the er although in critical condition for a long time he lived. as unbelieveable as it, angelica doesn't consider herself a hero >> i just did i feel what anyone else would do in the situation. >> sarah: this is the driver she saved, 32-year-old family man who had only been driving his truck for four months on that day. he received severe burns on his back and legs but knows he could have died. although rag doesn't recall much of the -- raj doesn't recall much of the crash he does remember angelica's heroic action. >> of course she is a hero. >> sarah: for her seeing him with his family makes all the risks worth it. >> that's why i went into nursing because i wanted to make a difference in people's lives. >> sarah: welcome angelica her . 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