Wallacetown volunteer firefighters called to a medical event were devastated to find it was one of their own 20-year-old Bryant McKenzie who had died in.
every time we go to the meeting, it is bigger and bigger, and that is what we need to see happen. people with addictions to come forward. ask for help. don t be embarrassed. and the mckenzies are a big part in rutland, vermont, to try to eradicate the problem, and we should note that ryan who you saw there, he has been sober for a year, and doing much better now. and at the summit where holder spoke, the fbi director was there, too, and he said that le cently visited 25 fbi field offices and every single one this heroin problem came up. and law enforcement problem clearly as part of the bigger picture, and what is being done about it? well, so many things, the federal government passed a big budget beal that included appropriations for the billions of dollars, and billions with a b and to start preventions to keep it from happening, and states like you talked about vermont, state of the state addressed to the issue, aped
yeah. yeah. reporter: a new pair of custom-designed hearing aids free of charge. so now are these better than the other ones? yes. now, they re better, okay. we just had to turn them up. reporter: the mckenzies know they re among the lucky ones. it s an opportunity most families don t get. through hayden s story, they hope insurance companies and regulators will be listening to reconsider the status quo so more kids like hayden hot dog. hot dog. baseball. baseball. reporter: can hear. george howell joins us now. what a great story. that moment you re standing there with hayden s mother and she starts crying because the last time we talked about this, she had no idea this was possible and how in the world she d pay for it. you know, you think about the struggle for so many years, to get to this point, it was like a new day for them. it was like a light at the end of the tunnel.