heard the interview, and it struck her immediately. reporter: today, we caught up with paul in brockton, massachusetts, where he s still living out his son s message of strength and duty and yes, still driving jared s black dodge ram pickup. he was pleased to hear about the award. it was very uplifting. it was a song that s touched the hearts of gold star families throughout the country as well as other families that have lost their child. it s fitting that we have something out there that honors them, that they can hold on to. reporter: jared monte was killed trying to save a fellow soldier during an intense firefight with as many as 50 insurgents on hill 2610 in a remote area of afghanistan in 2006. when one of the soldiers, brian bradberry, was severely wounded and pinned down under a barrage of gunfire, jared tried to reach him three times. on his last attempt, he was hit